diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ht/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ht/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7acdb7f1d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ht/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ht-${version}";
+  version = "2.1.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/hte/files/ht-source/ht-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0w2xnw3z9ws9qrdpb80q55h6ynhh3aziixcfn45x91bzrbifix9i";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [
+    ncurses
+  ];
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "File editor/viewer/analyzer for executables";
+    homepage = "http://hte.sourceforge.net";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6340088b89d5..016ea101384f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11353,6 +11353,8 @@ let
     gtk = gtk3;
   };
 
+  ht = callPackage ../applications/editors/ht { };
+
   htmldoc = callPackage ../applications/misc/htmldoc {
     fltk = fltk13;
   };