diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac60cd6134f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, cmake, intltool, gettext
+, libxml2, enchant, isocodes, icu, libpthreadstubs
+, pango, cairo, libxkbfile, xorg
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "fcitx-4.2.7";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://fcitx.googlecode.com/files/${name}_dict.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "1dfvr77j9vnlg76155clrjxnm59r5fzv0d3n6c6yn10zb0bjd40c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cmake enchant pango gettext libxml2 isocodes pkgconfig libxkbfile
+    intltool cairo icu libpthreadstubs xorg.libXau xorg.libXdmcp
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = ''
+    -DENABLE_DBUS=OFF
+    -DENABLE_QT=OFF
+    -DENABLE_QT_IM_MODULE=OFF
+    -DENABLE_OPENCC=OFF
+    -DENABLE_PRESAGE=OFF
+    -DENABLE_XDGAUTOSTART=OFF
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://code.google.com/p/fcitx/";
+    description = "A Flexible Input Method Framework";
+    license = "GPLv2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 744ea8a353bb..eb75a5f10b04 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -724,6 +724,8 @@ let
 
   fakeroot = callPackage ../tools/system/fakeroot { };
 
+  fcitx = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/fcitx { };
+
   fcron = callPackage ../tools/system/fcron { };
 
   fdisk = callPackage ../tools/system/fdisk { };