diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/2.6.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/2.6.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df6eabbcff0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/2.6.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, libxml2, libxslt, perl, perlPackages, gconf, guile
+, intltool, glib, gtk, libofx, aqbanking, gwenhywfar, libgnomecanvas, goffice
+, webkit, glibcLocales, gsettings_desktop_schemas, makeWrapper, dconf, file
+, gettext, swig, slibGuile, enchant, bzip2, isocodes
+}:
+
+/*
+Two cave-ats right now:
+  1. HTML reports are broken
+  2. You need to have dconf installed (GNOME3 should have it automatically,
+     otherwise put it in environment.systemPackages), for settings
+*/
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gnucash-2.6.9";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/gnucash/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0iw25l1kv60cg6fd2vg11mcvzmjqnc5p9lp3rjy06ghkjfrn3and";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    # general
+    intltool pkgconfig libxml2 libxslt glibcLocales file gettext swig enchant
+    bzip2 isocodes
+    # glib, gtk...
+    glib gtk goffice webkit
+    # gnome...
+    dconf gconf libgnomecanvas gsettings_desktop_schemas
+    # financial
+    libofx aqbanking gwenhywfar
+    # perl
+    perl perlPackages.FinanceQuote perlPackages.DateManip
+    # guile
+    guile slibGuile
+    # build
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+  patchShebangs ./src
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = "CFLAGS=-O3 CXXFLAGS=-O3 --disable-dbi --enable-ofx --enable-aqbanking";
+
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # Auto-updaters don't make sense in Nix.
+    rm $out/bin/gnc-fq-update
+
+    #sed -i $out/bin/update-gnucash-gconf \
+    #   -e 's|--config-source=[^ ]* --install-schema-file|--makefile-install-rule|'
+
+    for prog in $(echo "$out/bin/"*)
+    do
+      # Don't wrap the gnc-fq-* scripts, since gnucash calls them as
+      # "perl <script>', i.e. they must be Perl scripts.
+      if [[ $prog =~ gnc-fq ]]; then continue; fi
+      wrapProgram "$prog"                                               \
+        --set SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH "$SCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH"                \
+        --prefix GUILE_LOAD_PATH ":" "$GUILE_LOAD_PATH"                 \
+        --prefix PERL5LIB ":" "$PERL5LIB"                               \
+        --set GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE 'xml::~/.gconf'                       \
+        --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH:$out/share/gsettings-schemas/${name}" \
+        --prefix GIO_EXTRA_MODULES : "${dconf}/lib/gio/modules"  \
+        --prefix PATH ":" "$out/bin:${perl}/bin:${gconf}/bin"
+    done
+
+    rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+  '';
+
+  # The following settings fix failures in the test suite. It's not required otherwise.
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-rpath=${guile}/lib -rpath=${glib}/lib";
+  preCheck = "export GNC_DOT_DIR=$PWD/dot-gnucash";
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Personal and small-business financial-accounting application";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software,
+      freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD,
+      Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
+
+      Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows
+      you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses.  As quick and
+      intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional
+      accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.
+    '';
+
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+
+    homepage = http://www.gnucash.org/;
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons stdenv.lib.maintainers.iElectric ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ddf2f907ebca..a8aed7be1bb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11758,6 +11758,17 @@ let
     goffice = goffice_0_8;
   };
 
+  gnucash26 = lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/office/gnucash/2.6.nix {
+    inherit (gnome2) libgnomecanvas;
+    inherit (gnome3) dconf;
+    gconf = gnome2.GConf;
+    goffice = goffice_0_8;
+    webkit = webkitgtk2;
+    guile = guile_1_8;
+    slibGuile = slibGuile.override { scheme = guile_1_8; };
+    glib = glib;
+  });
+
   goffice = callPackage ../development/libraries/goffice { };
 
   goffice_0_8 = callPackage ../development/libraries/goffice/0.8.nix {