diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 8fda7ee0b0a9..11d0205b1800 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@
   ./services/hardware/usbmuxd.nix
   ./services/hardware/thermald.nix
   ./services/hardware/undervolt.nix
+  ./services/hardware/vdr.nix
   ./services/logging/SystemdJournal2Gelf.nix
   ./services/logging/awstats.nix
   ./services/logging/fluentd.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/vdr.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/vdr.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0ecb944b5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/vdr.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.vdr;
+  libDir = "/var/lib/vdr";
+in {
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.vdr = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "enable VDR. Please put config into ${libDir}.";
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.vdr;
+        defaultText = "pkgs.vdr";
+        example = literalExample "pkgs.wrapVdr.override { plugins = with pkgs.vdrPlugins; [ hello ]; }";
+        description = "Package to use.";
+      };
+
+      videoDir = mkOption {
+        type = types.path;
+        default = "/srv/vdr/video";
+        description = "Recording directory";
+      };
+
+      extraArguments = mkOption {
+        type = types.listOf types.str;
+        default = [];
+        description = "Additional command line arguments to pass to VDR.";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+      "d ${cfg.videoDir} 0755 vdr vdr 0"
+      "Z ${cfg.videoDir} - vdr vdr -"
+    ];
+
+    systemd.services.vdr = {
+      description = "VDR";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = ''
+          ${cfg.package}/bin/vdr \
+            --video="${cfg.videoDir}" \
+            --config="${libDir}" \
+            ${escapeShellArgs cfg.extraArguments}
+        '';
+        User = "vdr";
+        CacheDirectory = "vdr";
+        StateDirectory = "vdr";
+        Restart = "on-failure";
+      };
+    };
+
+    users.users.vdr = {
+      group = "vdr";
+      home = libDir;
+    };
+
+    users.groups.vdr = {};
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ad0b04e7e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fontconfig, libjpeg, libcap, freetype, fribidi, pkgconfig
+, gettext, ncurses, systemd, perl
+, enableSystemd ? true
+, enableBidi ? true
+}:
+let
+
+  version = "2.4.0";
+
+  name = "vdr-${version}";
+
+  mkPlugin = name: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "vdr-${name}-${version}";
+    inherit (vdr) src;
+    buildInputs = [ vdr ];
+    preConfigure = "cd PLUGINS/src/${name}";
+    installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+  };
+
+  vdr = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+
+    inherit name;
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/${name}.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "1klcgy9kr7n6z8d2c77j63bl8hvhx5qnqppg73f77004hzz4kbwk";
+    };
+
+    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+    postPatch = "substituteInPlace Makefile --replace libsystemd-daemon libsystemd";
+
+    buildInputs = [ fontconfig libjpeg libcap freetype ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableSystemd systemd
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableBidi fribidi;
+
+    buildFlags = [ "vdr" "i18n" ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableSystemd "SDNOTIFY=1"
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableBidi "BIDI=1";
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+    # plugins uses the same build environment as vdr
+    propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gettext ];
+
+    installFlags = [
+      "DESTDIR=$(out)"
+      "PREFIX=" # needs to be empty, otherwise plugins try to install at same prefix
+    ];
+
+    installTargets = [ "install-pc" "install-bin" "install-doc" "install-i18n"
+      "install-includes" ];
+
+    postInstall = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/vdr # only needed if vdr is started without any plugin
+      mkdir -p $out/share/vdr/conf
+      cp *.conf $out/share/vdr/conf
+      '';
+
+    outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = http://www.tvdr.de/;
+      description = "Video Disc Recorder";
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
+      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+    };
+
+  };
+in vdr // {
+  plugins = {
+    skincurses = (mkPlugin "skincurses").overrideAttrs(
+    oldAttr: { buildInputs = oldAttr.buildInputs ++ [ ncurses ]; });
+  } // (stdenv.lib.genAttrs [
+    "epgtableid0" "hello" "osddemo" "pictures" "servicedemo" "status" "svdrpdemo"
+  ] mkPlugin);
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0e543390c4bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,318 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, vdr, ffmpeg_2, alsaLib, fetchFromGitHub
+, libvdpau, libxcb, xcbutilwm, graphicsmagick, libav, pcre, xorgserver, ffmpeg
+, libiconv, boost, libgcrypt, perl, utillinux, groff, libva, xorg }:
+{
+  femon = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+    name = "vdr-femon-2.4.0";
+
+    buildInputs = [ vdr ];
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/femon/files/${name}.tgz";
+      sha256 = "1hra1xslj8s68zbyr8zdqp8yap0aj1p6rxyc6cwy1j122kwcnapp";
+    };
+
+    postPatch = "substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /bin/true true";
+
+    makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/femon/;
+      description = "DVB Frontend Status Monitor plugin for VDR";
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  vaapidevice = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+
+    name = "vdr-vaapidevice-0.7.0";
+
+    buildInputs = [
+      vdr libxcb xcbutilwm ffmpeg
+      alsaLib
+      libvdpau # vdpau
+      libva # va-api
+    ] ++ (with xorg; [ libxcb libX11 ]);
+
+    makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace softhddev.c --replace /usr/bin/X ${xorgserver}/bin/X
+    '';
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "pesintta";
+      repo = "vdr-plugin-vaapidevice";
+      sha256 = "072y61fpkh3i2dragg0nsd4g3malgwxkwpdrb1ykdljyzf52s5hs";
+      rev = "c99afc23a53e6d91f9afaa99af59b30e68e626a8";
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = https://github.com/pesintta/vdr-plugin-vaapidevice;
+      description = "VDR SoftHDDevice Plug-in (with VA-API VPP additions)";
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+
+  markad = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "vdr-markad-2017-03-13";
+
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = "git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-markad.git";
+      sha256 = "0jvy70r8bcmbs7zdqilfz019z5xkz5c6rs57h1dsgv8v6x86c2i4";
+      rev = "ea2e182ec798375f3830f8b794e7408576f139ad";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ vdr libav ];
+
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace command/Makefile --replace '$(DESTDIR)/usr' '$(DESTDIR)'
+
+      substituteInPlace plugin/markad.cpp \
+        --replace "/usr/bin" "$out/bin" \
+        --replace "/var/lib/markad" "$out/var/lib/markad"
+
+      substituteInPlace command/markad-standalone.cpp \
+        --replace "/var/lib/markad" "$out/var/lib/markad"
+    '';
+
+    preBuild = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/vdr
+    '';
+
+    buildFlags = [
+      "DESTDIR=$(out)"
+      "LIBDIR=$(out)/lib/vdr"
+      "VDRDIR=${vdr.dev}/include/vdr"
+      "LOCALEDIR=$(DESTDIR)/share/locale"
+    ];
+
+    installFlags = buildFlags;
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = https://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-markad;
+      description = "Ein Programm zum automatischen Setzen von Schnittmarken bei Werbeeinblendungen während einer Sendung.";
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  epgsearch = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "vdr-epgsearch";
+    version = "2.4.0";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://projects.vdr-developer.org/git/vdr-plugin-epgsearch.git/snapshot/vdr-plugin-epgsearch-${version}.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "0xfgn17vicyjwdf0rbkrik4q16mnfi305d4wmi8f0qk825pa0z3y";
+    };
+
+    postPatch = ''
+      for f in *.sh; do
+        patchShebangs "$f"
+      done
+    '';
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      perl # for pod2man and pos2html
+      utillinux
+      groff
+    ];
+
+    buildInputs = [
+      vdr
+      pcre
+    ];
+
+    buildFlags = [
+      "SENDMAIL="
+      "REGEXLIB=pcre"
+    ];
+
+    installFlags = [
+      "DESTDIR=$(out)"
+    ];
+
+    outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = http://winni.vdr-developer.org/epgsearch;
+      description = "Searchtimer and replacement of the VDR program menu";
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  vnsiserver = let
+    name = "vnsiserver";
+    version = "1.8.0";
+  in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "vdr-${name}-${version}";
+
+    buildInputs = [ vdr ];
+
+    installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      repo = "vdr-plugin-${name}";
+      owner = "FernetMenta";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "0n7idpxqx7ayd63scl6xwdx828ik4kb2mwz0c30cfjnmnxxd45lw";
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = https://github.com/FernetMenta/vdr-plugin-vnsiserver;
+      description = "VDR plugin to handle KODI clients.";
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    };
+
+  };
+
+  text2skin = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "vdr-text2skin-1.3.4-20170702";
+
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = "git://projects.vdr-developer.org/vdr-plugin-text2skin.git";
+      sha256 = "19hkwmaw6nwak38bv6cm2vcjjkf4w5yjyxb98qq6zfjjh5wq54aa";
+      rev = "8f7954da2488ced734c30e7c2704b92a44e6e1ad";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ vdr graphicsmagick ];
+
+    buildFlags = [
+      "DESTDIR=$(out)"
+      "IMAGELIB=graphicsmagic"
+      "VDRDIR=${vdr.dev}/include/vdr"
+      "LOCALEDIR=$(DESTDIR)/share/locale"
+      "LIBDIR=$(DESTDIR)/lib/vdr"
+    ];
+
+    preBuild = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/vdr
+    '';
+
+    installPhase = ":";
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = https://projects.vdr-developer.org/projects/plg-text2skin;
+      description = "VDR Text2Skin Plugin";
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    };
+  };
+
+  fritzbox = let
+    libconvpp = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "jowi24-libconv++-20130216";
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [ libiconv ];
+      CXXFLAGS = "-std=gnu++11 -Os";
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "jowi24";
+        repo = "libconvpp";
+        rev = "90769b2216bc66c5ea5e41a929236c20d367c63b";
+        sha256 = "0bf0dwxrzd42l84p8nxcsjdk1gvzlhad93nsbn97z6kr61n4cr33";
+      };
+      installPhase = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/lib $out/include/libconv++
+        cp source.a $out/lib/libconv++.a
+        cp *.h $out/include/libconv++
+      '';
+    };
+
+    liblogpp = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "jowi24-liblogpp-20130216";
+      CXXFLAGS = "-std=gnu++11 -Os";
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "jowi24";
+        repo = "liblogpp";
+        rev = "eee4046d2ae440974bcc8ceec00b069f0a2c62b9";
+        sha256 = "01aqvwmwh5kk3mncqpim8llwha9gj5qq0c4cvqfn4h8wqi3d9l3p";
+      };
+      installPhase = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/lib $out/include/liblog++
+        cp source.a $out/lib/liblog++.a
+        cp *.h $out/include/liblog++
+      '';
+    };
+
+    libnetpp = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "jowi24-libnet++-20180628";
+      CXXFLAGS = "-std=gnu++11 -Os";
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "jowi24";
+        repo = "libnetpp";
+        rev = "212847f0efaeffee8422059b8e202d844174aaf3";
+        sha256 = "0vjl6ld6aj25rzxm26yjv3h2gy7gp7qnbinpw6sf1shg2xim9x0b";
+      };
+      installPhase = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/lib $out/include/libnet++
+        cp source.a $out/lib/libnet++.a
+        cp *.h $out/include/libnet++
+      '';
+      buildInputs = [ boost liblogpp libconvpp ];
+    };
+
+    libfritzpp = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "jowi24-libfritzpp-20131201";
+      CXXFLAGS = "-std=gnu++11 -Os";
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "jowi24";
+        repo = "libfritzpp";
+        rev = "ca19013c9451cbac7a90155b486ea9959ced0f67";
+        sha256 = "0jk93zm3qzl9z96gfs6xl1c8ip8lckgbzibf7jay7dbgkg9kyjfg";
+      };
+      installPhase = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/lib $out/include/libfritz++
+        cp source.a $out/lib/libfritz++.a
+        cp *.h $out/include/libfritz++
+      '';
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [ libgcrypt ];
+      buildInputs = [ boost liblogpp libconvpp libnetpp ];
+    };
+
+  in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "vdr-fritzbox";
+
+    version = "1.5.3";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "jowi24";
+      repo = "vdr-fritz";
+      rev = version;
+      sha256 = "0wab1kyma9jzhm6j33cv9hd2a5d1334ghgdi2051nmr1bdcfcsw8";
+    };
+
+    postUnpack = ''
+      cp ${libfritzpp}/lib/* $sourceRoot/libfritz++
+      cp ${liblogpp}/lib/* $sourceRoot/liblog++
+      cp ${libnetpp}/lib/* $sourceRoot/libnet++
+      cp ${libconvpp}/lib/* $sourceRoot/libconv++
+    '';
+
+    buildInputs = [ vdr boost libconvpp libfritzpp libnetpp liblogpp ];
+
+    installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = https://github.com/jowi24/vdr-fritz;
+      description = "A plugin for VDR to access AVMs Fritz Box routers";
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ck3d ];
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2272d1605fd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ symlinkJoin, lib, makeWrapper, vdr, plugins ? [] }:
+symlinkJoin {
+
+  name = "vdr-with-plugins-${(builtins.parseDrvName vdr.name).version}";
+
+  paths = [ vdr ] ++ plugins;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/vdr --add-flags "-L $out/lib/vdr --localedir=$out/share/locale"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with vdr.meta; {
+    inherit license homepage;
+    description = description
+    + " (with plugins: "
+    + lib.concatStrings (lib.intersperse ", " (map (x: ""+x.name) plugins))
+    + ")";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 70b223cb83eb..1e224b7925db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23167,6 +23167,10 @@ in
 
   ghc-standalone-archive = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/ghc-standalone-archive { inherit (darwin) cctools; };
 
+  vdr = callPackage ../applications/video/vdr { };
+  vdrPlugins = vdr.plugins // (recurseIntoAttrs (callPackages ../applications/video/vdr/plugins.nix { }));
+  wrapVdr = callPackage ../applications/video/vdr/wrapper.nix {};
+
   chrome-gnome-shell = callPackage  ../desktops/gnome-3/extensions/chrome-gnome-shell {};
 
   chrome-token-signing = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/security/chrome-token-signing {};