diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/dhex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/dhex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45b7de900e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/dhex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dhex-${version}";
+  version = "0.68";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.dettus.net/dhex/dhex_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "126c34745b48a07448cfe36fe5913d37ec562ad72d3f732b99bd40f761f4da08";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+ 
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin
+    ensureDir $out/share/man/man1
+    ensureDir $out/share/man/man5
+
+    cp dhex $out/bin
+    cp dhex.1 $out/share/man/man1
+    cp dhexrc.5 $out/share/man/man5
+    cp dhex_markers.5 $out/share/man/man5
+    cp dhex_searchlog.5 $out/share/man/man5
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A themeable hex editor with diff mode";
+    homepage = http://www.dettus.net/dhex/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [qknight];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b1ff989ee688..54f4dbf72abf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3864,6 +3864,8 @@ let
   dbus_libs = dbus.libs;
   dbus_daemon = dbus.daemon;
 
+  dhex = callPackage ../applications/editors/dhex { };
+
   dclib = callPackage ../development/libraries/dclib { };
 
   directfb = callPackage ../development/libraries/directfb { };