diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4e8324894abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/ne/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, texinfo, tetex, perl, ghostscript }:
+
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ne-${version}";
+  version = "3.0.1";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vigna";
+    repo = "ne";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "05inzhlqlf4ka22q78q389pr34bsb4lgp1i5qh550vjkb2cvbdfp";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses tetex texinfo perl ghostscript ];
+  dontBuild = true;
+  installPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/makefile --replace "CC=c99" "cc=gcc"
+    substituteInPlace src/makefile --replace "-lcurses" "-lncurses"
+    substituteInPlace makefile --replace "./version.pl" "perl version.pl"
+    cd doc && make && cd ..
+    cd src && make && cd ..
+    make PREFIX=$out install
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "the nice editor";
+    homepage = https://github.com/vigna/ne;
+    longDescription = ''
+      ne is a free (GPL'd) text editor based on the POSIX standard that runs (we hope) on almost any 
+UN*X machine. ne is easy to use for the beginner, but powerful and fully configurable for the wizard, 
+and most sparing in its resource usage. See the manual for some highlights of ne's features.      
+    '';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 649ea43c1498..3163f4ab8615 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12338,6 +12338,8 @@ let
 
   ncdc = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/ncdc { };
 
+  ne = callPackage ../applications/editors/ne { };
+
   nedit = callPackage ../applications/editors/nedit {
     motif = lesstif;
   };