diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28b5d68b55aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+tar xfvz $src
+cd mc-*
+./configure --prefix=$out --with-screen=ncurses
+make
+make install
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9400cbbf4436
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, ncurses, libX11}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mc-4.6.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/file/managers/mc/mc-4.6.1.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "18b20db6e40480a53bac2870c56fc3c4";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig glib ncurses libX11];
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+}