diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/mess/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/mess/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3897154e9ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/mess/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, pkgconfig, SDL, gtkLibs, gnome, mesa
+, expat, zlib }:
+
+let
+
+  version = "139";
+
+  mameSrc = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.aarongiles.com/mirror/releases/mame0${version}s.zip";
+    sha256 = "1mpkwxfz38cgxzvlni2y3fxas3b8qmnzj2ik2zzbd8mr622jdp79";
+  };
+  
+  messSrc = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://mess.redump.net/_media/downloads:mess0${version}s.zip";
+    name = "mess0139s.zip";
+    sha256 = "1v892cg6wn8cdwc8pf1gcqqdb1v1v295r6jw2hf58svwx3h27xyy";
+  };
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation { 
+  name = "mess-0.${version}";
+
+  unpackPhase =
+    ''
+      unzip ${mameSrc}
+      # Yes, the MAME distribution is a zip file containing a zip file...
+      unzip mame.zip
+      unzip -o ${messSrc}
+    '';
+
+  makeFlags = "TARGET=mess BUILD_EXPAT= BUILD_ZLIB= NOWERROR=1";
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ unzip pkgconfig SDL gtkLibs.gtk gnome.GConf mesa expat zlib ];
+
+  installPhase =
+    ''
+      ensureDir $out/bin
+      cp mess* $out/bin/mess 
+    '';
+    
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.mess.org/;
+    license = "non-commercial";
+    description = "Multi Emulator Super System, an emulator of many game consoles and computer systems";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 45e7b0ac64a6..012240591dbb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6838,6 +6838,8 @@ let
 
   maven2 = callPackage ../misc/maven { };
 
+  mess = callPackage ../misc/emulators/mess { };
+
   nix = nixUnstable;
 
   nixStable = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix {