diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3info/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3info/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86ffca4242fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/mp3info/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, ncurses, pkgconfig, gtk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mp3info-0.8.5a";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/apps/sound/mp3-utils/mp3info/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "042f1czcs9n2sbqvg4rsvfwlqib2gk976mfa2kxlfjghx5laqf04";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses pkgconfig gtk ];
+
+  configurePhase =
+    '' sed -i Makefile \
+           -e "s|^prefix=.*$|prefix=$out|g ;
+               s|/bin/rm|rm|g ;
+               s|/usr/bin/install|install|g"
+    '';
+
+  preInstall =
+    '' ensureDir "$out/bin"
+       ensureDir "$out/man/man1"
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "MP3Info, an MP3 technical info viewer and ID3 1.x tag editor";
+
+    longDescription =
+      '' MP3Info is a little utility used to read and modify the ID3 tags of
+         MP3 files.  MP3Info can also display various techincal aspects of an
+         MP3 file including playing time, bit-rate, sampling frequency and
+         other attributes in a pre-defined or user-specifiable output format.
+      '';
+
+    homepage = http://www.ibiblio.org/mp3info/;
+
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4a635cd195b9..454b2e87ed3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5957,6 +5957,8 @@ let
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 xproto;
   };
 
+  mp3info = callPackage ../applications/audio/mp3info { };
+
   mpc123 = callPackage ../applications/audio/mpc123 { };
 
   mpg321 = callPackage ../applications/audio/mpg321 { };