diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/petrifoo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/petrifoo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e53a22bff3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/petrifoo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, alsaLib, cmake, gtk, jackaudio, libgnomecanvas
+, libpthreadstubs, libsamplerate, libsndfile, libtool, libxml2
+, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
+  name = "petri-foo";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/licnep/Petri-Foo.git;
+    rev = "eef3b6efebe842d2fa18ed32b881fea4562b84e0";
+    sha256 = "a20c3f1a633500a65c099c528c7dc2405daa60738b64d881bb8f2036ae59913c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+   [ alsaLib cmake  gtk jackaudio libgnomecanvas libpthreadstubs
+     libsamplerate libsndfile libtool libxml2 pkgconfig
+   ];
+
+  dontUseCmakeBuildDir=true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "MIDI controllable audio sampler";
+    longDescription = "a fork of Specimen";
+    homepage = http://petri-foo.sourceforge.net;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d6891b365674..2ee5bb3e2009 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7144,6 +7144,10 @@ let
 
   paraview = callPackage ../applications/graphics/paraview { };
 
+  petrifoo = callPackage ../applications/audio/petrifoo {
+    inherit (gnome) libgnomecanvas;
+  };
+
   pdftk = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/pdftk { };
 
   pidgin = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin {