diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/antiword/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/antiword/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3f80d76c4ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/antiword/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+
+let
+  name = "antiword-0.37";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  inherit name;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.winfield.demon.nl/linux/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1b7mi1l20jhj09kyh0bq14qzz8vdhhyf35gzwsq43mn6rc7h0b4f";
+  };
+
+  installFlags = "GLOBAL_INSTALL_DIR=$$out/bin GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR=$$out/share/antiword";
+  installTargets = "global_install";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.winfield.demon.nl/";
+    description = "convert MS Word documents to plain text or PostScript";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 50f16e05be79..9dd103db8611 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6121,6 +6121,8 @@ let
     libstdcpp = gcc33.gcc;
   };
 
+  antiword = callPackage ../applications/office/antiword {};
+
   ardour = callPackage ../applications/audio/ardour {
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib pango gtk glibmm gtkmm;
     inherit (gnome) libgnomecanvas;