diff --git a/pkgs/games/typespeed/builder.sh b/pkgs/games/typespeed/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..273fc55c7552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/typespeed/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/games/typespeed/default.nix b/pkgs/games/typespeed/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8acb4de62b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/typespeed/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "typespeed-0.6.5";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  configureFlags = "--with-highscoredir=/tmp";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://typespeed.sourceforge.net/typespeed-0.6.5.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "5c860385ceed8a60f13217cc0192c4c2b4705c3e80f9866f7d72ff306eb72961";
+  };
+}