diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/poedit/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/poedit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10822f1809fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/poedit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, wxGTK29, boost }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "poedit-1.5.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/poedit/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0y0gbkb1jvp61qhh8sh7ar8849mwirizc42pk57zpxy84an5qlr4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ wxGTK29 boost ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Cross-platform gettext catalogs (.po files) editor";
+    homepage = http://www.poedit.net/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = with platforms; unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iElectric ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2b6b3cad514a..8ad6167c5bc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1542,6 +1542,8 @@ let
 
   podiff = callPackage ../tools/text/podiff { };
 
+  poedit = callPackage ../tools/text/poedit { };
+
   polipo = callPackage ../servers/polipo { };
 
   polkit_gnome = callPackage ../tools/security/polkit-gnome { };