diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/scribus/unstable.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/scribus/unstable.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4b1595db42a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/scribus/unstable.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, makeWrapper, pkgconfig, cmake, qtbase, cairo, pixman,
+boost, cups, fontconfig, freetype, hunspell, libjpeg, libtiff, libxml2, lcms2,
+podofo, poppler, poppler_data, python2, harfbuzz, qtimageformats, qttools }:
+
+let
+  pythonEnv = python2.withPackages(ps: [ps.tkinter ps.pillow]);
+  revision = "22730";
+in 
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "scribus-unstable-${version}";
+  version = "2018-10-13";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = "svn://scribus.net/trunk/Scribus";
+    rev = revision;
+    sha256 = "1nlg4qva0fach8fi07r1pakjjlijishpwzlgpnxyaz7r31yjaw63";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper pkgconfig cmake qtbase cairo pixman boost cups fontconfig
+    freetype hunspell libjpeg libtiff libxml2 lcms2 podofo poppler
+    poppler_data pythonEnv harfbuzz qtimageformats qttools
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/scribus \
+      --prefix QT_PLUGIN_PATH : "${qtbase}/${qtbase.qtPluginPrefix}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.erictapen ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    description = "Desktop Publishing (DTP) and Layout program for Linux";
+    homepage = http://www.scribus.net;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a4cabcc9a543..fa01e53a53c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18914,6 +18914,8 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (gnome2) libart_lgpl;
   };
 
+  scribusUnstable = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/office/scribus/unstable.nix { };
+
   seafile-client = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/seafile-client { };
 
   seeks = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/seeks {