diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/apvlv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/apvlv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa312f4c8a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/apvlv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig,
+  gtk2 , poppler, freetype, libpthreadstubs, libXdmcp, libxshmfence
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.1.f7f7b9c";
+  name = "apvlv-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/downloads/naihe2010/apvlv/${name}-Source.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "125nlcfjdhgzi9jjxh9l2yc9g39l6jahf8qh2555q20xkxf4rl0w";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I${poppler}/include/poppler"
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig cmake
+     poppler
+     freetype gtk2
+     libpthreadstubs libXdmcp libxshmfence # otherwise warnings in compilation
+   ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    # binary
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp src/apvlv $out/bin/apvlv
+
+    # displays pdfStartup.pdf as default pdf entry
+    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/apvlv/
+    cp ../Startup.pdf $out/share/doc/apvlv/Startup.pdf
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://naihe2010.github.io/apvlv/";
+    description = "PDF viewer with Vim-like behaviour";
+    longDescription = ''
+      apvlv is a PDF/DJVU/UMD/TXT Viewer Under Linux/WIN32
+      with Vim-like behaviour.
+    '';
+
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ardumont ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dcc861b5d4d8..dc94c51e50a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13031,6 +13031,8 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) libgnomeprint libgnomeprintui libgnomecanvas;
   };
 
+  apvlv = callPackage ../applications/misc/apvlv { };
+
   xpdf = callPackage ../applications/misc/xpdf {
     motif = lesstif;
     base14Fonts = "${ghostscript}/share/ghostscript/fonts";