diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/sylpheed-gtk2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/sylpheed-gtk2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8996e14dc981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/sylpheed-gtk2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ sslSupport ? true
+, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gtk, glib, openssl ? null, gdkpixbuf ? null
+}:
+
+assert sslSupport -> openssl != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "sylpheed-1.9.11";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://sylpheed.good-day.net/sylpheed/v1.9/sylpheed-1.9.11.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "70191d0d98ea576b0d2e175055ced4c9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig glib gtk
+    (if sslSupport then openssl else null)
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    (if sslSupport then "--enable-ssl" else null)
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 7e2d4834a471..b09f05ce7a97 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1087,6 +1087,12 @@ rec {
     imageSupport = true;
   };
 
+  sylpheed_gtk2 = (import ../applications/networking/mailreaders/sylpheed-gtk2) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig openssl;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib gtk;
+    sslSupport = true;
+  };
+
   firefox = (import ../applications/networking/browsers/firefox) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl zip;
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk;