diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..246b8caa3ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/lyx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# I haven't put much effort into this expressions .. so some optional depencencies may be missing - Marc
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "lyx-1.5.3";
+
+  src = args.fetchurl {
+    url = http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/lyx-1.5.3.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1q0xlhrvj87iw9rk9z2vfka4jw5pw7n5fsmmiyzram9y4hghavav";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; [tetex qt python]);
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "WYSIWYM frontend for LaTeX, DocBook, etc.";
+      homepage = "http://www.lyx.org";
+      license = "GPL2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ed220b5b5213..251c7171f184 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4343,6 +4343,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses openssl;
   };
 
+  lyx = import ../applications/misc/lyx {
+   inherit fetchurl stdenv tetex python;
+   qt = qt4;
+  };
+
   maxima = import ../applications/misc/maxima {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv clisp;
   };