diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16d88aacf3db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ffado/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{stdenv, fetchsvn, dbus_glib, dbus_libs, expat, glibmm, jackaudio
+, libconfig, libiec61883, libraw1394, libxmlxx, pkgconfig, pyqt4, python
+, pythonDBus, qt4, scons }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libffado-svn";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = "http://subversion.ffado.org/ffado/trunk/libffado";
+    rev = "2117";
+    sha256 = "0awv1ccvxxxs5ycd5v3xn79flr79ia8290wmraf0646avihkcpvj";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ dbus_glib dbus_libs expat glibmm jackaudio libconfig libiec61883
+      libraw1394 libxmlxx pkgconfig pyqt4 python pythonDBus qt4 scons
+    ];
+
+  buildPhase = "scons";
+  installPhase = ''
+    scons PREFIX=$out LIBDIR=$out/lib SHAREDIR=$out/share/libffado install
+    '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.ffado.org;
+    description = "Firewire audio drivers";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f8be12222c34..6ebb0782ff76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5421,6 +5421,8 @@ let
 
   eject = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/eject { };
 
+  ffado = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ffado { };
+
   fbterm = builderDefsPackage (import ../os-specific/linux/fbterm) {
     inherit fontconfig gpm freetype pkgconfig ncurses;
   };