diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cli-visualizer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cli-visualizer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e24c99216ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cli-visualizer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, fftw, ncurses, libpulseaudio }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2016-06-02";
+  name = "cli-visualizer-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/dpayne/cli-visualizer.git";
+    rev = "bc0104eb57e7a0b3821510bc8f93cf5d1154fa8e";
+    sha256 = "7b0c69a16b4854149522e2d0ec544412fb368cecba771d1e9481330ed86c8cb7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ fftw ncurses libpulseaudio ];
+
+  buildFlags = [ "ENABLE_PULSE=1" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp build/vis $out/bin/vis
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dpayne/cli-visualizer";
+    description = "CLI based audio visualizer";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b00936506435..fdc8acfd4947 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -790,6 +790,8 @@ let
 
   cli53 = callPackage ../tools/admin/cli53 { };
 
+  cli-visualizer = callPackage ../applications/misc/cli-visualizer { };
+
   cloud-init = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/cloud-init { };
 
   clib = callPackage ../tools/package-management/clib { };