diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xzgv/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xzgv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..053e1137e391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xzgv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gtk, pkgconfig, texinfo }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xzgv-${version}";
+  version = "0.9.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/xzgv/xzgv-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1rh432wnvzs434knzbda0fslhfx0gngryrrnqkfm6gwd2g5mxcph";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ gtk pkgconfig texinfo ];
+  patches = [ ./fix-linker-paths.patch ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace config.mk \
+      --replace /usr/local $out
+    substituteInPlace config.mk \
+      --replace "CFLAGS=-O2 -Wall" "CFLAGS=-Wall"
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace "all: src man" "all: src man info"
+  '';
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/xzgv/;
+    description = "Picture viewer for X with a thumbnail-based selector";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.womfoo ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xzgv/fix-linker-paths.patch b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xzgv/fix-linker-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c5b1ae0879b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xzgv/fix-linker-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+taken from http://sourceforge.net/p/xzgv/code/53/tree//trunk/xzgv/src/Makefile?diff=514dada434309d2ec11f5eff:52
+--- a/src/Makefile
++++ b/src/Makefile
+@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
+ # This gets definitions for CC, CFLAGS, BINDIR etc.
+ include ../config.mk
+ 
+-CFLAGS+=`pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0` `pkg-config --cflags gdk-pixbuf-2.0`
+-LDFLAGS+=`pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0` `pkg-config --libs gdk-pixbuf-2.0`
++CFLAGS+=`pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0` `pkg-config --cflags gdk-pixbuf-2.0` \
++	`pkg-config --cflags x11`
++LDFLAGS+=`pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0` `pkg-config --libs gdk-pixbuf-2.0` \
++	`pkg-config --libs x11` -lm
+ 
+ all: xzgv
+ 
+@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@
+ 	backend.o
+ 
+ xzgv: $(OBJS)
+-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o xzgv $(OBJS)
++	$(CC) -o xzgv $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS)
+ 
+ installdirs:
+ 	/bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs $(BINDIR)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c134d171abc3..a405d07b3270 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13895,6 +13895,8 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) scrollkeeper libglade;
   };
 
+  xzgv = callPackage ../applications/graphics/xzgv { };
+
   yate = callPackage ../applications/misc/yate { };
 
   inherit (gnome3) yelp;