diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/jackmeter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/jackmeter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a4467f30424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/jackmeter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "jackmeeter-0.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.aelius.com/njh/jackmeter/jackmeter-0.3.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "03siznnq3f0nnqyighgw9qdq1y4bfrrxs0mk6394pza3sz4b6sgp";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [jackaudio pkgconfig];
+
+  meta = { 
+    description = "console jack loudness meter";
+    homepage = http://www.aelius.com/njh/jackmeter/;
+    license = "GPLv2";
+    maintainers = [args.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
+    platforms = args.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa83b176f217..33c87c4099c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6936,6 +6936,10 @@ let
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
   };
 
+  jackmeter = import ../applications/audio/jackmeter {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv lib jackaudio pkgconfig;
+  };
+
   jedit = import ../applications/editors/jedit {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ant;
   };