diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/rdesktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/rdesktop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c81160ae57c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/remote/rdesktop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, libX11} :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+  pname = "rdesktop";
+  version = "1.5.0";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "5ead17c3d29cb1028aeca485ee7a8c65694c1b02a1b7014c3da920b265a438aa";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [openssl libX11];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-openssl=${openssl}" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "rdesktop is an open source client for Windows Terminal Services";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a368bf1114d2..ea52a4206a63 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4572,6 +4572,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  rdesktop = import ../applications/networking/remote/rdesktop {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv openssl;
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11;
+  };
+
   RealPlayer = import ../applications/video/RealPlayer {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib pango atk gtk;