diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/gist/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/gist/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21a2137dd392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/gist/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, emacs, gh, pcache, logito }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gist-1.0";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/sigma/gist.el.git";
+    rev = "bbb457e4eaaf5f96cfaaa4f63021e3e542bfbfed";
+    sha256 = "469f9df52076d0c6038183cff4b9415bca98de66c08814a60b69729b44bdf294";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    emacs -L ${gh}/share/emacs/site-lisp \
+          -L ${pcache}/share/emacs/site-lisp \
+          -L ${logito}/share/emacs/site-lisp \
+          --eval '(setq user-emacs-directory "./")' \
+          --batch -f batch-byte-compile gist.el
+  '';
+
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ gh pcache logito ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -d $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+    install gist.el gist.elc $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Emacs integration for gist.github.com";
+    homepage = https://github.com/sigma/gist.el;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c6a2eb3a7d2f..94796fa0ec2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6671,6 +6671,8 @@ let
 
     gh = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/gh { };
 
+    gist = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/gist { };
+
     jdee = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/jdee {
       # Requires Emacs 23, for `avl-tree'.
     };