diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/midicsv/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/midicsv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10f78807a73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/midicsv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "midicsv-1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1vvhk2nf9ilfw0wchmxy8l13hbw9cnpz079nsx5srsy4nnd78nkw";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr/local $out
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Losslessly translate MIDI to CSV and back";
+    homepage = http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/;
+    license = licenses.publicDomain;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 32571ec83361..6fc8fb0ada52 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2001,6 +2001,8 @@ in
 
   metabase = callPackage ../servers/metabase { };
 
+  midicsv = callPackage ../tools/audio/midicsv { };
+
   mididings = callPackage ../tools/audio/mididings { };
 
   miniserve = callPackage ../tools/misc/miniserve { };