diff --git a/pkgs/games/xgalaga++/default.nix b/pkgs/games/xgalaga++/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba78e2864414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/xgalaga++/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, libX11
+, libXpm
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xgalaga++";
+  version = "0.9";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "https://marc.mongenet.ch/OSS/XGalaga/xgalaga++_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-yNtLuYCMHLvQAVM7CDGPardrh3q27TE9l31qhUbMf8k=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libX11
+    libXpm
+  ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    make all HIGH_SCORES_FILE=.xgalaga++.scores
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/man
+    mv xgalaga++ $out/bin
+    mv xgalaga++.6x $out/share/man
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://marc.mongenet.ch/OSS/XGalaga/";
+    description = "XGalaga++ is a classic single screen vertical shoot ’em up. It is inspired by XGalaga and reuses most of its sprites.";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 83fd17549fa4..1451b26edef1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -35791,6 +35791,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xcowsay = callPackage ../games/xcowsay { };
 
+  xgalagapp = callPackage ../games/xgalaga++ { };
+
   xjump = callPackage ../games/xjump { };
 
   xmoto = callPackage ../games/xmoto { };