diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gtmess/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gtmess/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23727c5d70e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/gtmess/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, openssl, tcl, tk}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gtmess-0.96";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/gtmess/gtmess-0.96.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0w29wyshx32485c7wazj51lvk2j9k1kn2jmwpf916r4513hwplvm";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses openssl tcl tk];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Console MSN Messenger client for Linux and other unix systems";
+    homepage = http://gtmess.sourceforge.net/
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 646f3a2420d7..f366e943d02c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -801,6 +801,8 @@ let
 
   gtkvnc = callPackage ../tools/admin/gtk-vnc {};
 
+  gtmess = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/gtmess { };
+
   gupnp = callPackage ../development/libraries/gupnp {
     inherit (gnome) libsoup;
   };