diff --git a/pkgs/games/xskat/default.nix b/pkgs/games/xskat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd41531d9236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/xskat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, imake, gccmakedep}:
+
+
+let
+  s = # Generated upstream information
+  rec {
+    baseName="xskat";
+    version="4.0";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+
+    url="http://www.xskat.de/xskat-4.0.tar.gz";
+    hash="8ba52797ccbd131dce69b96288f525b0d55dee5de4008733f7a5a51deb831c10";
+    sha256="8ba52797ccbd131dce69b96288f525b0d55dee5de4008733f7a5a51deb831c10";
+  };
+   buildInputs = [ libX11 imake gccmakedep ];
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit (s) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    inherit (s) url sha256;
+  };
+  preInstall = ''
+    sed -i Makefile \
+      -e "s|.* BINDIR .*|   BINDIR = $out/bin|" \
+      -e "s|.* MANPATH .*|  MANPATH = $out/man|"
+  '';
+  installTargets = "install install.man";
+  meta = {
+    inherit (s) version;
+    description = ''Famous german card game'';
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.free;
+    longDescription = ''Play the german card game Skat against the AI or over IRC.'';
+    homepage = http://www.xskat.de/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a66d8a4618a0..3bf99d48c3e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10558,6 +10558,8 @@ let
 
   xonotic = callPackage ../games/xonotic { };
 
+  xskat = callPackage ../games/xskat { };
+
   xsokoban = builderDefsPackage (import ../games/xsokoban) {
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 xproto libXpm libXt;
   };