diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysmf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysmf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef5e560b08c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysmf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, pkg-config, libsmf, glib, pytest }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "pysmf";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "10i7vvvdx6c3gl4afsgnpdanwgzzag087zs0fxvfipnqknazj806";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config pytest ];
+  buildInputs = [ libsmf glib ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://das.nasophon.de/pysmf/";
+    description = "Python extension module for reading and writing Standard MIDI Files, based on libsmf.";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.gnidorah ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/audio/mididings/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/audio/mididings/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb3d0e51341c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/audio/mididings/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, pythonPackages, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, glib, alsaLib, libjack2  }:
+
+pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  version = "20151117";
+  pname = "mididings";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dsacre";
+    repo = "mididings";
+    rev = "bbec99a8c878a2a7029e78e84fc736e4a68ed5a0";
+    sha256 = "1pdf5mib87zy7yjh9vpasja419h28wvgq6x5hw2hkm7bg9ds4p2m";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib alsaLib libjack2 pythonPackages.boost ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ decorator ]
+    # for livedings
+    ++ [ tkinter pyliblo ]
+    # for mididings.extra
+    ++ [ dbus-python pyinotify ]
+    # to read/write standard MIDI files
+    ++ [ pysmf ]
+    # so mididings knows where to look for config files
+    ++ [ pyxdg ];
+
+  preBuild = with stdenv.lib.versions; ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace boost_python "boost_python${major pythonPackages.python.version}${minor pythonPackages.python.version}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A MIDI router and processor based on Python, supporting ALSA and JACK MIDI";
+    homepage = "http://das.nasophon.de/mididings";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.gnidorah ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0181fc9a8ab8..45b72d011d20 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1719,6 +1719,8 @@ in
 
   metabase = callPackage ../servers/metabase { };
 
+  mididings = callPackage ../tools/audio/mididings { };
+
   miniserve = callPackage ../tools/misc/miniserve { };
 
   mkspiffs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/mkspiffs { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ace40b3b2095..5dac3b894f56 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -835,6 +835,8 @@ in {
     slurm = pkgs.slurm;
   };
 
+  pysmf = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pysmf { };
+
   pyspinel = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyspinel {};
 
   pyssim = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyssim { };