diff --git a/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d68a12ba8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/search/recoll/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, zlib, xapian, groff, libxslt, unzip, xpdf, antiword, catdoc, lyx, ghostscript, wv2, file, python}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  ver = "1.18.1";
+  name = "recoll-${ver}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0cyrkx5aza3485avb2kxc6cbsqqrb32l1kq8ravr9d828331v84f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt4 zlib xapian groff libxslt unzip xpdf antiword catdoc lyx ghostscript wv2 file python ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "finds keywords inside documents as well as file names";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Xapian frontend that can search through files, archive members, email attachments. 
+      '';
+    homepage = http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ jcumming ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2e299133f134..791f54b715e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1474,6 +1474,8 @@ let
 
   recutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/recutils { };
 
+  recoll = callPackage ../applications/search/recoll { };
+
   refind = callPackage ../tools/misc/refind { };
 
   reiser4progs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/reiser4progs { };