diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/live.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/live.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e90ca8748274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/amarok/live.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, fetchgitrevision
+, lib, cmake, qt4, qtscriptgenerator, perl, gettext, curl
+, libxml2, mysql, taglib, taglib_extras, loudmouth , kdelibs, automoc4, phonon
+, strigi, soprano, qca2, libmtp, liblastfm, libgpod, pkgconfig
+, repository ? "git://git.kde.org/amarok"
+, branch ? "heads/master"
+, rev ? fetchgitrevision repository branch
+, src ? fetchgit {
+    url = repository;
+    rev = rev;
+  }
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  pname = "amarok";
+  version = "live";
+
+  inherit src;
+
+  QT_PLUGIN_PATH="${qtscriptgenerator}/lib/qt4/plugins";
+  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 qtscriptgenerator perl stdenv.gcc.libc gettext curl
+    libxml2 mysql taglib taglib_extras loudmouth kdelibs automoc4 phonon strigi
+    soprano qca2 libmtp liblastfm libgpod pkgconfig ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+    echo ${qtscriptgenerator} > $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    description = "Popular music player for KDE";
+    license = "GPL";
+    homepage = http://amarok.kde.org;
+    inherit (kdelibs.meta) maintainers;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index df7ff332412d..11dd2f2d4566 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5486,6 +5486,8 @@ let
 
   amarok = newScope pkgs.kde4 ../applications/audio/amarok { };
 
+  amarok_live = newScope pkgs.kde4 ../applications/audio/amarok/live.nix { };
+
   amsn = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/amsn {
     libstdcpp = gcc33.gcc;
   };