diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c875e55a8cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "rxvt-2.6.4";
+
+  src = args.fetchurl {
+    url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rxvt/rxvt-2.6.4.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0hi29whjv8v11nkjbq1i6ms411v6csykghmlpkmayfjn9nxr02xg";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; [ libX11 libXt ]);
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "colour vt102 terminal emulator with less features and lower memory consumption";
+      homepage = http://www.rxvt.org/;
+      license = "GPL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3abcbf525ad1..9ccc47ddeef2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3450,6 +3450,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  rxvt = import ../applications/misc/rxvt {
+    inherit lib fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit (xlibs) libXt libX11;
+  };
+
   slim = import ../applications/display-managers/slim {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv x11 libjpeg libpng freetype pam;
     inherit (xlibs) libXmu;