diff --git a/pkgs/games/orbit/default.nix b/pkgs/games/orbit/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index de4c84f010cd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/games/orbit/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, builderDefs, mesa, libXi, libXt, libXext, libX11
-, libXmu, freeglut }:
-
-with builderDefs;
-	let localDefs = builderDefs.passthru.function (rec {
-		src = /* put a fetchurl here */
-		fetchurl {
-			sha256 = "1kx69f9jqnfzwjh47cl1df8p8hn3bnp6bznxnb6c4wx32ijn5gri";
-			url = http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/space-orbit/space-orbit_1.01.orig.tar.gz;
-		};
-
-		buildInputs = [mesa libXi libXt libXext libX11 libXmu freeglut];
-		configureFlags = [];
-		debianPatch = 
-		fetchurl {
-			url = http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/space-orbit/space-orbit_1.01-9.diff.gz;
-			sha256 = "1v3s97day6fhv08l2rn81waiprhi1lfyjjsj55axfh6n6zqfn1w2";
-		};
-		customBuild = fullDepEntry (''
-			gunzip < ${debianPatch} | patch -Np1
-                        cd src
-			sed -e 's@/usr/share/games/orbit/@'$out'/dump/@g' -i *.c
-                        sed -e '/DIR=/d; s/-lesd//; s/-DESD//;' -i Makefile 
-                        make 
-                        mkdir -p $out/bin
-                        cp -r .. $out/dump
-                        cat >$out/bin/space-orbit <<EOF
-#! /bin/sh
-$out/dump/orbit "\$@"
-EOF
-                        chmod a+x $out/bin/space-orbit
-		'') ["minInit" "doUnpack" "defEnsureDir" "addInputs"];
-	});
-	in with localDefs;
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-	name = "space-orbit-1.01";
-	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
-		(textClosure localDefs 
-			[ customBuild doForceShare doPropagate]);
-	meta = {
-		description = "Orbit space flight simulator";
-	};
-}
-
diff --git a/pkgs/games/space-orbit/default.nix b/pkgs/games/space-orbit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e41ecf16136f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/space-orbit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, mesa, libXi, libXt, libXext, libX11, libXmu, freeglut
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "space-orbit-${version}";
+  version = "1.01";
+  patchversion = "9";
+
+  buildInputs = [ mesa libXi libXt libXext libX11 libXmu freeglut ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/s/space-orbit/space-orbit_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1kx69f9jqnfzwjh47cl1df8p8hn3bnp6bznxnb6c4wx32ijn5gri";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchurl {
+       url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/s/space-orbit/space-orbit_${version}-${patchversion}.diff.gz";
+       sha256 = "1v3s97day6fhv08l2rn81waiprhi1lfyjjsj55axfh6n6zqfn1w2";
+     })
+  ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    cd src
+    sed -e 's@/usr/share/games/orbit/@'$out'/dump/@g' -i *.c
+    sed -e '/DIR=/d; s/-lesd//; s/-DESD//;' -i Makefile
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp -r .. $out/dump
+    cat >$out/bin/space-orbit <<EOF
+#! ${stdenv.shell}
+exec $out/dump/orbit "\$@"
+EOF
+    chmod a+x $out/bin/space-orbit
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A space combat simulator";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index a6b312619c9a..3f39248d01d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ doNotDisplayTwice rec {
   saneBackendsGit = sane-backends-git; # added 2016-01-02
   saneFrontends = sane-frontends; # added 2016-01-02
   scim = sc-im; # added 2016-01-22
+  spaceOrbit = space-orbit; # addewd 2016-05-23
   speedtest_cli = speedtest-cli;  # added 2015-02-17
   sqliteInteractive = sqlite-interactive;  # added 2014-12-06
   system_config_printer = system-config-printer;  # added 2016-01-03
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 59265cbe04a4..aacb71e2df9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15281,7 +15281,7 @@ in
   };
 
   # You still can override by passing more arguments.
-  spaceOrbit = callPackage ../games/orbit { };
+  space-orbit = callPackage ../games/space-orbit { };
 
   spring = callPackage ../games/spring {
     boost = boost155;