diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/gentium/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/gentium/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a4e8099db963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/gentium/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , unzip
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    version="1.504";
+    baseName="GentiumPlus";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    url="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/render_download.php?&format=file&media_id=${name}.zip&filename=${name}";
+    hash="04kslaqbscpfrc6igkifcv1nkrclrm35hqpapjhw9102wpq12fpr";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+    name = "${sourceInfo.name}.zip";
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  phaseNames = ["addInputs" "doUnpack" "installFonts"];
+
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      all;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=Gentium_download";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a77e61c2e36c..6ee1b4e51d4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5734,6 +5734,8 @@ let
 
   freefont_ttf = callPackage ../data/fonts/freefont-ttf { };
 
+  gentium = callPackage ../data/fonts/gentium {};
+
   hicolor_icon_theme = callPackage ../data/misc/hicolor-icon-theme { };
 
   inconsolata = callPackage ../data/fonts/inconsolata {};