diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/key-mon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/key-mon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d0256ae455d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/key-mon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage, gnome, librsvg, makeWrapper, pygtk
+, pythonPackages }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "key-mon-${version}";
+  version = "1.13";
+  namePrefix = "";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://key-mon.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "02h7lcnyqwyqsycd1vlvl11ms81v0zmr9p0pfyl5gmzry9dj7imj";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs =
+    [ gnome.python_rsvg librsvg makeWrapper pygtk pythonPackages.xlib ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+      wrapProgram $out/bin/key-mon --prefix GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE : \
+      ${librsvg}/lib/gdk-pixbuf/loaders.cache
+    '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/key-mon;
+    description = "Utility to show live keyboard and mouse status for teaching and screencasts";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77f7e77dfe1c..779ba16f4206 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7295,6 +7295,8 @@ let
 
   kermit = callPackage ../tools/misc/kermit { };
 
+  keymon = callPackage ../applications/video/key-mon { };
+
   kino = callPackage ../applications/video/kino {
     inherit (gnome) libglade;
   };