diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96b3533a6f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3blaster/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  version = "3.2.6";
+
+  name = "mp3blaster-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "stragulus";
+    repo = "mp3blaster";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0pzwml3yhysn8vyffw9q9p9rs8gixqkmg4n715vm23ib6wxbliqs";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+
+  buildFlags = [ "CXXFLAGS=-Wno-narrowing" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An audio player for the text console";
+    homepage = http://www.mp3blaster.org/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ earldouglas ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5af8afc6bf97..9a6cd176600b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1262,6 +1262,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   meson = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/meson { };
 
+  mp3blaster = callPackage ../applications/audio/mp3blaster { };
+
   mp3fs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/mp3fs { };
 
   mpdas = callPackage ../tools/audio/mpdas { };