diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/nova-filters/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/nova-filters/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f49f756ce3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/nova-filters/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, scons, boost, ladspaH, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.2-2";
+  name = "nova-filters-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://klingt.org/~tim/nova-filters/nova-filters_0.2-2.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "16064vvl2w5lz4xi3lyjk4xx7fphwsxc14ajykvndiz170q32s6i";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ scons boost ladspaH pkgconfig ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    # remove TERM:
+    sed -i -e '4d' SConstruct
+    sed -i "s@mfpmath=sse@mfpmath=sse -I ${boost.dev}/include@g" SConstruct
+    sed -i "s@ladspa.h@${ladspaH}/include/ladspa.h@g" filters.cpp
+    sed -i "s/= check/= detail::filter_base<internal_type, checked>::check/" nova/source/dsp/filter.hpp
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    scons
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    scons $sconsFlags "prefix=$out" install
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://klingt.org/~tim/nova-filters/;
+    description = "LADSPA plugins based on filters of nova";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 95734d55550b..05d639dec180 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11305,6 +11305,8 @@ let
 
   novaclient = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/nova/client.nix { };
 
+  nova-filters =  callPackage ../applications/audio/nova-filters { };
+
   nspluginwrapper = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/mozilla-plugins/nspluginwrapper {};
 
   nvi = callPackage ../applications/editors/nvi { };