diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
index c2f06ee920c9..c8b1b0bd7c8a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/emacs-packages.nix
@@ -851,6 +851,17 @@ let self = _self // overrides;
     meta = { license = gpl3Plus; };
   };
 
+  multiple-cursors = melpaBuild rec {
+    pname = "multiple-cursors";
+    version = "20150627";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner  = "magnars";
+      repo   = "multiple-cursors.el";
+      rev    = "9b53e892e6167f930763a3c5aedf8773110a8ae9";
+      sha256 = "0wcrdb137a9aq6dynlqbvypb6m2dj48m899xwy7ilnf2arrmipid";
+    };
+  };
+
   nyan-mode = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/nyan-mode {};
 
   org-plus-contrib = melpaBuild rec {