diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/convchain/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/convchain/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12fc6934531a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/convchain/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, mono}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "convchain-${version}";
+  version = "0.0pre20160901";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mxgmn";
+    repo = "ConvChain";
+    rev = "8abb1e88a496fcae4c0ae31acd4eea55957dab68";
+    sha256 = "0lnscljgbw0s90sfcahwvnxakml0f4d8jxi5ikm4ak8qgnvw6rql";
+  };
+  buildPhase = ''
+    mcs ConvChain.cs -out:convchain.exe -r:System.Drawing
+    mcs ConvChainFast.cs -out:convchainfast.exe -r:System.Drawing
+    grep -m1 -B999 '^[*][/]' ConvChainFast.cs > COPYING.MIT
+  '';
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out"/{bin,share/doc/convchain,share/convchain}
+    cp README.md COPYING.MIT "$out"/share/doc/convchain
+    cp convchain*.exe "$out"/bin
+    cp -r [Ss]amples samples.xml "$out/share/convchain"
+
+    echo "#! ${stdenv.shell}" >> "$out/bin/convchain"
+    echo "chmod u+w ." >> "$out/bin/convchain"
+    echo "'${mono}/bin/mono' '$out/bin/convchain.exe' \"\$@\"" >>  "$out/bin/convchain"
+    chmod a+x "$out/bin/convchain"
+
+    echo "#! ${stdenv.shell}" >> "$out/bin/convchainfast"
+    echo "chmod u+w ." >> "$out/bin/convchainfast"
+    echo "'${mono}/bin/mono' '$out/bin/convchainfast.exe' \"\$@\"" >>  "$out/bin/convchainfast"
+    chmod a+x "$out/bin/convchainfast"
+  '';
+  buildInputs = [mono];
+  meta = {
+    inherit version;
+    description = ''Bitmap generation from a single example with convolutions and MCMC'';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 149f1deed19c..96c60901953d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12150,6 +12150,8 @@ in
 
   containerd = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/containerd { };
 
+  convchain = callPackage ../tools/graphics/convchain {};
+
   cpp_ethereum = callPackage ../applications/misc/webthree-umbrella {
     withOpenCL = true;