diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/vcal/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/vcal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e658381b2d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/vcal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, perl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "vcal-${version}";
+  version = "2.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "http://waynemorrison.com/software/vcal";
+    sha256 = "0fknrlad7vb84ngh242xjaq96vkids85ksnxaflk2cr9wcwxfmix";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ]; # for pod2man
+
+  unpackPhase = ":";
+  dontBuild = true;
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,share/man/man1}
+    substitute ${src} $out/bin/vcal \
+      --replace /usr/bin/perl ${perl}/bin/perl
+    pod2man -n vcal ${src} > $out/share/man/man1/vcal.1
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  # There are no tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Parser for VCalendar and ICalendar files, usable from the command line";
+    homepage = http://waynemorrison.com/software/;
+    license = licenses.unfree; # "These are made publicly available for personal use."
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5260dbc016f6..b371db1f6603 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15982,6 +15982,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gcalcli = callPackage ../applications/misc/gcalcli { };
 
+  vcal = callPackage ../applications/misc/vcal { };
+
   gcolor2 = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gcolor2 { };
 
   gcolor3 = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gcolor3 { };