diff --git a/lib/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses.nix
index a704a6884c7d..850de29e7d13 100644
--- a/lib/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses.nix
@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@ lib.mapAttrs (n: v: v // { shortName = n; }) {
     fullName = "Historic Permission Notice and Disclaimer";
   };
 
+  hpndSellVariant = spdx {
+    fullName = "Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer - sell variant";
+    spdxId = "HPND-sell-variant";
+  };
+
   # Intel's license, seems free
   iasl = {
     fullName = "iASL";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xlife/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xlife/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc7013739985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xlife/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, xorg }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "xlife";
+  version = "6.7.5";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = "https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xlife-cal/xlife/trunk";
+    rev = "365";
+    sha256 = "1gadlcp32s179kd7ypxr8cymd6s060p6z4c2vnx94i8bmiw3nn8h";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with xorg; [ imake gccmakedep ];
+  buildInputs = [ xorg.libX11 ];
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm755 xlife -t $out/bin
+    install -Dm755 lifeconv -t $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://litwr2.atspace.eu/xlife.php";
+    description = "Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata, for X";
+    license = licenses.hpndSellVariant;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ djanatyn ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4bd0f8b19952..4c8eab971c9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24847,6 +24847,8 @@ in
 
   xkblayout-state = callPackage ../applications/misc/xkblayout-state { };
 
+  xlife = callPackage ../applications/graphics/xlife { };
+
   xmobar = haskellPackages.xmobar;
 
   xmonad-log = callPackage ../tools/misc/xmonad-log { };