diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetts/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetts/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91d2c84252f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetts/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, apacheAnt, unzip, sharutils, lib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "freetts-1.2.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/freetts/freetts-1.2.2-src.zip;
+    sha256 = "0mnikqhpf4f4jdr0irmibr8yy0dnffx1i257y22iamxi7a6by2r7";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ apacheAnt unzip sharutils ];
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    unzip $src -x META-INF/*
+  '';
+  
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cd */lib
+    sed -i -e "s/more/cat/" jsapi.sh
+    echo y | sh jsapi.sh
+    cd ..
+    ln -s . src
+    ant
+  '';
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -v -m755 -d $out/{lib,docs/{audio,images}}
+    install -v -m644 lib/*.jar $out/lib
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "Text to speech system based on Festival written in Java";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Text to speech system based on Festival written in Java.
+      Can be used in combination with KDE accessibility.
+    '';
+    license = "GPL";
+    homepage = http://freetts.sourceforge.net;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.sander ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d5ba6486f2a1..48cc382473e9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3169,6 +3169,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
   };
 
+  freetts = import ../development/libraries/freetts {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl apacheAnt unzip sharutils lib;
+  };
+
   cfitsio = import ../development/libraries/cfitsio {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };