diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/self/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/self/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b379044789d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/self/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ fetchurl, fetchgit, stdenv, xlibs, gcc44, makeWrapper, ncurses, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  # The Self wrapper stores source in $XDG_DATA_HOME/self or ~/.local/share/self 
+  # so that it can be written to when using the Self transposer. Running 'Self'
+  # after installation runs without an image. You can then build a Self image with:
+  #   $ cd ~/.local/share/self/objects
+  #   $ Self 
+  #   > 'worldBuilder.self' _RunScript
+  #
+  # This image can later be started with:
+  #   $ Self -s myimage.snap
+  #
+  version = "4.5.0";
+  name = "self-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url    = "https://github.com/russellallen/self";
+    rev    = "d16bcaad3c5092dae81ad0b16d503f2a53b8ef86";
+    sha256 = "966025b71542e44fc830b951f404f5721ad410ed24f7236fd0cd820ea0fc5731";
+  };
+
+  # gcc 4.6 and above causes crashes on Self startup but gcc 4.4 works.
+  buildInputs = [ gcc44 ncurses xlibs.libX11 xlibs.libXext makeWrapper cmake ];
+
+  selfWrapper = ./self;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out"/bin
+    cp ./vm/Self "$out"/bin/Self.wrapped
+    mkdir -p "$out"/share/self
+    cp -r ../objects "$out"/share/self/
+    makeWrapper $selfWrapper $out/bin/Self \
+      --set SELF_ROOT "$out"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A prototype-based dynamic object-oriented programming language, environment, and virtual machine";
+    homepage = "http://selflanguage.org/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainer = [ "Chris Double <chris.double@double.co.nz>" ];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/self/self b/pkgs/development/interpreters/self/self
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..d504682086b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/self/self
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+export SELF_HOME="$HOME/.local/share/self"
+if [ -n "$XDG_DATA_HOME" ]
+  then export SELF_HOME="$XDG_DATA_HOME/self"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d $SELF_HOME ]; then
+  mkdir -p $SELF_HOME
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d $SELF_HOME/objects ]; then
+  mkdir -p $SELF_HOME/objects
+  cp -r $SELF_ROOT/share/self/objects/* $SELF_HOME/objects
+  chmod -R +w $SELF_HOME/objects
+fi
+
+exec $SELF_ROOT/bin/Self.wrapped "$@"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 11d06f40e503..f4978b706f47 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3625,6 +3625,8 @@ let
 
   scheme48 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/scheme48 { };
 
+  self = callPackage_i686 ../development/interpreters/self { };
+
   spark = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/spark { };
 
   spidermonkey = callPackage ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey { };