diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notbit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notbit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e235400498f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/notbit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig,
+  gettext, openssl
+}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "notbit-${version}";
+  version = "2018-01-09";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "bpeel";
+    repo   = "notbit";
+    rev    = "8b5d3d2da8ce54abae2536b4d97641d2c798cff3";
+    sha256 = "1623n0lvx42mamvb2vwin5i38hh0nxpxzmkr5188ss2x7m20lmii";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl gettext ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A minimal Bitmessage client";
+    homepage = https://github.com/bpeel/notbit;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mog ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f0d310984ffe..d1cc6d3a4a71 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16287,6 +16287,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   notepadqq = libsForQt56.callPackage ../applications/editors/notepadqq { };
 
+  notbit = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/notbit { };
+
   notmuch = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch {
     gmime = gmime3;
   };