diff --git a/pkgs/games/vms-empire/default.nix b/pkgs/games/vms-empire/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91f77277d9ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/vms-empire/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, xmlto }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
+
+  name = "vms-empire-${version}";
+  version = "1.14";
+
+  src = fetchurl{
+    url = "http://www.catb.org/~esr/vms-empire/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0cymzhivvaahgqz0p11w25a710ls4w0jhyqj789jas5s07nvd890";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+  [ ncurses xmlto ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i -e 's|^install: empire\.6 uninstall|install: empire.6|' -e 's|usr/||g' Makefile
+  '';
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The ancestor of all expand/explore/exploit/exterminate games";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Empire is a simulation of a full-scale war between two emperors, the
+      computer and you. Naturally, there is only room for one, so the object of
+      the game is to destroy the other. The computer plays by the same rules
+      that you do. This game was ancestral to all later
+      expand/explore/exploit/exterminate games, including Civilization and
+      Master of Orion.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://catb.org/~esr/vms-empire/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
+
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e96a50e14659..f88639d307eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17280,6 +17280,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vessel = callPackage_i686 ../games/vessel { };
 
+  vms-empire = callPackage ../games/vms-empire { };
+
   voxelands = callPackage ../games/voxelands {
     libpng = libpng12;
   };