diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/aewan/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/aewan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e11f78e4028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/aewan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "aewan-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.01";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/aewan/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "5266dec5e185e530b792522821c97dfa5f9e3892d0dca5e881d0c30ceac21817";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ncurses ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Ascii-art Editor Without A Name";
+    homepage = "http://aewan.sourceforge.net/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8428779016c7..54d50feb875e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6474,6 +6474,8 @@ let
 
   adobeReader = callPackage_i686 ../applications/misc/adobe-reader { };
 
+  aewan = callPackage ../applications/editors/aewan { };
+
   amsn = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/amsn { };
 
   antiword = callPackage ../applications/office/antiword {};