diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/gpac/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/gpac/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..292010a3717c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/gpac/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, pkgconfig, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gpac-0.5.0-svn";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = "https://gpac.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/gpac/trunk/gpac";
+    rev = "4253";
+    sha256 = "0z4bd63c805q53hpb09gq0m0apy12z5a90zxx4jjx3ln64xq0pnn";
+  };
+
+  # this is the bare minimum configuration, as I'm only interested in MP4Box
+  # For most other functionality, this should probably be extended
+  buildNativeInputs = [ pkgconfig zlib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Open Source multimedia framework for research and academic purposes";
+    longDescription = ''
+      GPAC is an Open Source multimedia framework for research and academic purposes.
+      The project covers different aspects of multimedia, with a focus on presentation
+      technologies (graphics, animation and interactivity) and on multimedia packaging
+      formats such as MP4.
+
+      GPAC provides three sets of tools based on a core library called libgpac:
+
+      A multimedia player, called Osmo4 / MP4Client,
+      A multimedia packager, called MP4Box,
+      And some server tools included in MP4Box and MP42TS applications.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://gpac.wp.mines-telecom.fr;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.bluescreen303 ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 801a03d76a68..6b268b7a7f78 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3818,6 +3818,8 @@ let
   gnutls_without_guile = gnutls.override { guileBindings = false; };
   gnutls2_without_guile = gnutls2.override { guileBindings = false; };
 
+  gpac = callPackage ../applications/video/gpac { };
+
   gpgme = callPackage ../development/libraries/gpgme {
     gnupg1 = gnupg1orig;
   };