diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/dvdauthor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/dvdauthor/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45737effcce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/dvdauthor/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "dvdauthor-0.6.14";
+
+  src = args.fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/dvdauthor/dvdauthor-0.6.14.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1x4flj3ja7m8rbc956a6ha3qk0k6zxd1y6sl826r6r7dyc91a6yx";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; [imagemagick libdvdread libxml2 freetype fribidi libpng]);
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "Tools for generating DVD files to be played on standalone DVD players";
+      homepage = http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/;
+      license = ["GPLv2"];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c95ae4f2d882..a235ccd5fb93 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7269,6 +7269,10 @@ let
     inherit libpng libtiff;
   };
 
+  dvdauthor = import ../applications/video/dvdauthor {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv freetype libpng fribidi libxml2 libdvdread imagemagick;
+  };
+
   dwm = import ../applications/window-managers/dwm {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXinerama;