diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mamba/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mamba/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3e33471cee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mamba/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkgconfig
+, cairo
+, libX11
+, libjack2
+, liblo
+, libsigcxx
+, libsmf
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "mamba";
+  version = "1.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "brummer10";
+    repo = "Mamba";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1wa3f9c4l239mpxa7nxx8hajy4icn40vpvaxq5l1qzskl74w072d";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./fix-build.patch ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ cairo libX11 libjack2 liblo libsigcxx libsmf ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/brummer10/Mamba";
+    description = "Virtual MIDI keyboard for Jack Audio Connection Kit";
+    license = licenses.bsd0;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ magnetophon orivej ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mamba/fix-build.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/mamba/fix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed366963676c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mamba/fix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/libxputty/Build/Makefile
++++ b/libxputty/Build/Makefile
+@@ -20,1 +20,1 @@
+-	LDFLAGS += -fPIC `pkg-config --static --cflags --libs cairo x11` -lm
++	LDFLAGS += -fPIC `pkg-config --cflags --libs cairo x11` -lm
+--- a/src/Makefile
++++ b/src/Makefile
+@@ -84,1 +83,1 @@ ifneq ("$(wildcard ./$(BUILD_DIR))","")
+-	update-desktop-database
++	update-desktop-database || true
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2fb6ee80aca2..2a9abfc0c7cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26377,6 +26377,8 @@ in
     icu = icu58;
   };
 
+  mamba = callPackage ../applications/audio/mamba{ };
+
   mame = libsForQt5.callPackage ../misc/emulators/mame {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreAudioKit ForceFeedback;
   };