diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/default.nix
index babbed37cc01..a1a7390274e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/default.nix
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ let
 
   gnome-devel-docs = callPackage ./devtools/gnome-devel-docs { };
 
+  nemiver = callPackage ./devtools/nemiver { };
+
 #### Games
 
   aisleriot = callPackage ./games/aisleriot { };
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/bool_slot.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/bool_slot.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83423122110c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/bool_slot.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/src/dbgengine/nmv-dbg-common.h	2014-07-09 10:36:05.000000000 +0200
++++ b/src/dbgengine/nmv-dbg-common.h	2016-08-04 22:40:28.447842746 +0200
+@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@
+ 
+     bool has_slot () const
+     {
+-        return m_slot;
++        //return m_slot;
++        // https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=822502
++        return static_cast<bool> (m_slot);
+     }
+ 
+     template<class T>
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4645b67fb90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gnome3, gtk3, libxml2, intltool, itstool, gdb,
+  boost, sqlite, gconf, libgtop, glibmm, gtkmm, vte, gtksourceview, 
+  gtksourceviewmm, wrapGAppsHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit (import ./src.nix fetchurl) name src;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 libxml2 intltool itstool gdb boost sqlite gconf libgtop 
+    glibmm gtkmm vte gtksourceview gtksourceviewmm ];
+
+  patches = [ ./bool_slot.patch ./safe_ptr.patch ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Nemiver";
+    description = "Easy to use standalone C/C++ debugger";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.juliendehos ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/safe_ptr.patch b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/safe_ptr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3413b224977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/safe_ptr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/src/confmgr/nmv-gconf-mgr.cc	2014-07-08 10:24:06.000000000 +0200
++++ b/src/confmgr/nmv-gconf-mgr.cc	2016-08-04 23:50:08.143060464 +0200
+@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
+ NEMIVER_BEGIN_NAMESPACE (nemiver)
+ 
+ using nemiver::common::GCharSafePtr;
++using nemiver::common::GErrorSafePtr;
+ 
+ class GConfMgr : public IConfMgr {
+     GConfMgr (const GConfMgr &);
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/src.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/src.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2fcf639fe1b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/nemiver/src.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Autogenerated by maintainers/scripts/gnome.sh update
+
+fetchurl: {
+  name = "nemiver-0.9.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gnome/sources/nemiver/0.9/nemiver-0.9.6.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "85ab8cf6c4f83262f441cb0952a6147d075c3c53d0687389a3555e946b694ef2";
+  };
+}
+