diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca5e9a772f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+export PERL5LIB=$perlXMLParser/lib/site_perl:$PERL5LIB
+genericBuild
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6cd2c4733442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, mono, gtksharp, perl, perlXMLParser, pkgconfig, glib, gnomevfs, libbonobo}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "MonoDevelop-0.5.1";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.go-mono.com/archive/1.0.5/monodevelop-0.5.1.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "d89458a2d909da09b2cc1f37e16d8990";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [mono gtksharp perl pkgconfig gnomevfs glib libbonobo];
+  inherit perlXMLParser;
+}
+  
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