diff --git a/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix b/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b06cd8694cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, irrlicht3843, libpng12, bzip2,
+  libjpeg, libXxf86vm, mesa, openal, libvorbis, x11 }:
+
+let
+  version = "0.4.4";
+  sources = {
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = "https://github.com/celeron55/minetest.git";
+      rev = "ab06fca4bed26f3dc97d5e5cff437d075d7acff8";
+    };
+    data = fetchgit {
+      url = "https://github.com/celeron55/minetest_game.git";
+      rev = "3928eccf74af0288d12ffb14f8222fae479bc06b";
+    };
+  };
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "minetest-${version}";
+  
+  src = sources.src;
+  
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DIRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR=${irrlicht3843}/include/irrlicht"
+  ];
+  
+  buildInputs = [
+    cmake irrlicht3843 libpng12 bzip2 libjpeg
+    libXxf86vm mesa openal libvorbis x11
+  ];
+  
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/share/minetest/games/minetest_game/
+    cp -rv ${sources.data}/* $out/share/minetest/games/minetest_game/
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://minetest.net/";
+    description = "Minetest is an infinite-world block sandbox game.";
+    license = "LGPLv2.1+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1b20cb17856f..6a2b8bc261fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1105,6 +1105,8 @@ let
 
   minecraft = callPackage ../games/minecraft { };
 
+  minetest = callPackage ../games/minetest { };
+
   miniupnpc = callPackage ../tools/networking/miniupnpc { };
 
   miniupnpd = callPackage ../tools/networking/miniupnpd { };