diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 29b1c969d078..604848387563 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -1847,6 +1847,11 @@
     github = "jluttine";
     name = "Jaakko Luttinen";
   };
+  jmettes = {
+    email = "jonathan@jmettes.com";
+    github = "jmettes";
+    name = "Jonathan Mettes";
+  };
   Jo = {
     email = "0x4A6F@shackspace.de";
     name = "Joachim Ernst";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/ncview/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/ncview/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e4ba08a6ff36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/ncview/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, netcdf, x11, xorg, udunits, expat
+}:
+
+let
+  pname = "ncview";
+  version = "2.1.8";
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "ftp://cirrus.ucsd.edu/pub/ncview/ncview-2.1.8.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1gliziyxil2fcz85hj6z0jq33avrxdcjs74d500lhxwvgd8drfp8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ netcdf x11 xorg.libXaw udunits expat ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Visual browser for netCDF format files";
+    homepage    = "http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jmettes ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d018e0faa4f3..63d3086b620e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17648,6 +17648,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ncdc = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/ncdc { };
 
+  ncview = callPackage ../tools/X11/ncview { } ;
+
   ne = callPackage ../applications/editors/ne { };
 
   nedit = callPackage ../applications/editors/nedit { };