diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/akunambol/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/akunambol/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c27d8787bee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/akunambol/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, kdelibs, kdepimlibs, automoc4, funambol,liblikeback }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "akunambol-20110304";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = git://anongit.kde.org/akunambol.git;
+    rev = "1d832bbbce84f474e3f1e5d2f9fa8a4079b0c8e5";
+    sha256 = "1d2x42lbw32qyawri7z0mrbafz36r035w5bxjpq51awyqjwkbb2d";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake automoc4 kdelibs kdepimlibs funambol liblikeback ];
+  KDEDIRS = liblikeback;
+
+  patches = [ ./non-latin.diff ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/akunambol/non-latin.diff b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/akunambol/non-latin.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..905a6a894bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/akunambol/non-latin.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/qtgui/standardsourcesettings.cpp b/qtgui/standardsourcesettings.cpp
+index a14a737..5d4712e 100644
+--- a/qtgui/standardsourcesettings.cpp
++++ b/qtgui/standardsourcesettings.cpp
+@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ void StandardSourceSettings::populateCollections()
+     foreach( const Collection &collection, colls ) {
+         if (collection.contentMimeTypes().contains(source->getAkonadiMimeType())) {
+             i++;
+-            const char* dn = collection.name().toUtf8();
+-            LOG.debug("Adding collection id %lld named %s", collection.id(), dn);
+-            collections->addItem(dn);
++            LOG.debug("Adding collection id %lld named %s", collection.id(),
++                      collection.name().toLocal8Bit().data());
++            collections->addItem(collection.name());
+             idList.append(collection.id());
+         }
+     }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 995a80c53c7f..d9ef10c43ca4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5572,6 +5572,8 @@ let
     inherit (pkgsi686Linux.gtkLibs) glib pango atk gtk;
   };
 
+  akunambol = newScope pkgs.kde4 ../applications/networking/sync/akunambol { };
+
   amarok = newScope pkgs.kde4 ../applications/audio/amarok { };
 
   amsn = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/amsn {