diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gramps/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gramps/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e6aac0afb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gramps/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gtk3, pythonPackages, python, pycairo, pygobject3, intltool,
+  pango, gsettings_desktop_schemas }:
+
+pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+  version = "4.1.1";
+  name = "gramps-${version}";
+  namePrefix = "";
+
+  buildInputs = [ intltool gtk3 ];
+
+  # Currently broken
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/gramps/Stable/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0jdps7yx2mlma1hdj64wssvnqd824xdvw0bmn2dnal5fn3h7h060";
+  };
+
+  pythonPath = [ pygobject3 pango pycairo pythonPackages.bsddb ];
+
+  # Same installPhase as in buildPythonPackage but without --old-and-unmanageble
+  # install flag.
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
+
+    export PYTHONPATH="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
+
+    ${python}/bin/${python.executable} setup.py install \
+      --install-lib=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages \
+      --prefix="$out"
+
+    eapth="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/easy-install.pth
+    if [ -e "$eapth" ]; then
+        # move colliding easy_install.pth to specifically named one
+        mv "$eapth" $(dirname "$eapth")/${name}.pth
+    fi
+
+    rm -f "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/site.py*
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  # gobjectIntrospection package, wrap accordingly
+  preFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/gramps \
+      --prefix GI_TYPELIB_PATH : "$GI_TYPELIB_PATH" \
+      --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH:$out/share"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Genealogy software";
+    homepage = http://gramps-project.org;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6d0284a6bad4..1b6246b9c99e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9762,6 +9762,8 @@ let
     inherit libgphoto2 fuse pkgconfig glib libtool;
   };
 
+  gramps = callPackage ../applications/misc/gramps { };
+
   graphicsmagick = callPackage ../applications/graphics/graphicsmagick { };
   graphicsmagick_q16 = callPackage ../applications/graphics/graphicsmagick { quantumdepth = 16; };