diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d5aed592fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , qt4, openssl
+  , xproto, libX11
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    version="1.0.2";
+    baseName="vacuum";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    url="http://vacuum-im.googlecode.com/files/${name}-source.tar.gz";
+    hash="01ndwxpgr8911f2nfyb6i7avmmlwfikn031q1s60js4lgbqdq3b7";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doQMake" "doMakeInstall"];
+
+  goSrcDir = ''cd vacuum-*/'';
+
+  doQMake = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    qmake INSTALL_PREFIX=$out -recursive vacuum.pro
+  '') ["doUnpack" "addInputs"];
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "An XMPP client fully composed of plugins";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://code.google.com/p/vacuum-im/downloads/list?can=2&q=&colspec=Filename";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2e71b148dc56..f86b64df2d5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1204,6 +1204,8 @@ let
   unetbootin = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/unetbootin { };
 
   upx = callPackage ../tools/compression/upx { };
+  
+  vacuum = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum {};
 
   vbetool = builderDefsPackage ../tools/system/vbetool {
     inherit pciutils libx86 zlib;