diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ecasound/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ecasound/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36ce40490222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ecasound/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, alsaLib
+, audiofile
+, libjack2
+, liblo
+, liboil
+, libsamplerate
+, libsndfile
+, lilv
+, lv2
+}:
+
+# TODO: fix readline, ncurses, lilv, liblo, liboil and python. See configure log.
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ecasound-${version}";
+  version = "2.9.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ecasound.seul.org/download/ecasound-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1wyws3xc4f9pglrrqv6k9137sarv4asizqrxz8h0dn44rnzfiz1r";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib audiofile libjack2 liblo liboil libsamplerate libsndfile lilv lv2 ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing";
+    license = with stdenv.lib.licenses;  [ gpl2 lgpl21 ];
+    homepage = http://nosignal.fi/ecasound/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6e6a3f16f569..10a13b31f28a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -824,6 +824,8 @@ in
 
   dynamic-colors = callPackage ../tools/misc/dynamic-colors { };
 
+  ecasound = callPackage ../applications/audio/ecasound { };
+
   edac-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/edac-utils { };
 
   eggdrop = callPackage ../tools/networking/eggdrop { };