diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/qiv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/qiv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05eb83cee29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/qiv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, imlib2, file } :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+  name = "qiv-2.2.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://spiegl.de/qiv/download/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "ed6078dc550c1dc2fe35c1e0f46463c13589a24b83d4f7101b71a7485e51abb7";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk imlib2 file ];
+
+  preBuild=''substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr/local "$out"'';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "qiv (quick image viewer)";
+    homepage = http://spiegl.de/qiv/;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index aead61259053..6d8d385fd022 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7693,6 +7693,8 @@ let
 
   pqiv = callPackage ../applications/graphics/pqiv { };
 
+  qiv = callPackage ../applications/graphics/qiv { };
+
   # perhaps there are better apps for this task? It's how I had configured my preivous system.
   # And I don't want to rewrite all rules
   procmail = callPackage ../applications/misc/procmail { };