diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/cinelerra/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/cinelerra/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..501c7c33df11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/cinelerra/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cinelerra-git";
+
+  src = args.sourceByName "cinelerra";
+
+  perl = args.perl;
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    find -type f -print0 | xargs --null sed -e "s@/usr/bin/perl@$perl/bin/perl@" -i
+    ./autogen.sh
+    '';
+  configureOptions = ["--enable-freetype2"];
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; [
+      automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig
+      X11 faad2 faac
+      a52dec alsaLib   fftw lame libavc1394 libiec61883
+      libraw1394 libsndfile libvorbis libogg libjpeg libtiff freetype
+      mjpegtools x264 gettext openexr esound 
+      #
+      libXxf86vm libXv
+      libtheora libpng libdv
+      nasm
+      perl
+      e2fsprogs
+  ]);
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "Cinelerra - Video Editor";
+      homepage = http://www.cinelerra.org;
+      license = "GPLv2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/bleeding-edge-fetch-infos.nix b/pkgs/misc/bleeding-edge-fetch-infos.nix
index b08b4630b293..11d75c10fcea 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/bleeding-edge-fetch-infos.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/bleeding-edge-fetch-infos.nix
@@ -215,4 +215,8 @@
     url = http://mawercer.de/~nix/repos/kdesupport_telepathy_qt.tar.gz;
     sha256 = "022599182ff629662bbd01acdea6ead9aec64b3e73e8da3eb58ef857803035f2";
   };
+  cinelerra = args: with args; fetchurl { # Tue Oct 14 12:36:49 UTC 2008
+    url = "http://mawercer.de/~nix/repos/cinelerra-9f9adf2ad5472886d5bc43a05c6aa8077cabd967.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1e84ff59dcd7a3c80343eb9be302f822e510c95398fd1a6c8f2e4b163fd51e45";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6caeecc58885..8fbe4a0674a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6008,6 +6008,20 @@ let
       };
     };
 
+  cinelerra = import ../applications/video/cinelerra {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv
+      automake autoconf libtool
+      a52dec alsaLib   lame libavc1394 libiec61883 libraw1394 libsndfile
+      libvorbis libogg libjpeg libtiff freetype mjpegtools x264
+      gettext X11 faad2 faac libtheora libpng libdv perl nasm e2fsprogs
+      pkgconfig;
+      openexr = openexr_1_6_1;
+    fftw = fftwSinglePrec;
+    inherit (xorg) libXxf86vm libXv;
+    inherit (bleedingEdgeRepos) sourceByName;
+    inherit (gnome) esound;
+  };
+
   compiz_050 = assert mesaSupported; import ../applications/window-managers/compiz/0.5.0.nix {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig libpng mesa;
     inherit (xorg) libXcomposite libXfixes libXdamage libXrandr