diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb073dee1fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, harfbuzz, pkgconfig, qt4 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.3";
+  name = "ttfautohint-${version}";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://savannah/freetype/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "01719jgdzgf0m4fzkkij563iksr40c7wydv1yq8ygpxjj0vs17y3";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ harfbuzz pkgconfig qt4 ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An automatic hinter for TrueType fonts";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A library and two programs which take a TrueType font as the
+      input, remove its bytecode instructions (if any), and return a
+      new font where all glyphs are bytecode hinted using the
+      information given by FreeType’s auto-hinting module.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus; # or the FreeType License (BSD + advertising clause)
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 89923dc420a7..89c6f8318809 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2751,6 +2751,8 @@ let
 
   ttf2pt1 = callPackage ../tools/misc/ttf2pt1 { };
 
+  ttfautohint = callPackage ../tools/misc/ttfautohint { };
+
   tty-clock = callPackage ../tools/misc/tty-clock { };
 
   ttysnoop = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ttysnoop {};