diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2bfc57011fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , texinfo, libXext, xextproto, libX11, xproto, libXpm, libXt, libXcursor
+  , alsaLib, cmake, zlib, libpng, libvorbis, libXxf86dga, libXxf86misc
+  , xf86dgaproto, xf86miscproto, xf86vidmodeproto, libXxf86vm, openal, mesa
+  , kbproto
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    baseName="allegro";
+    version="5.0.4";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    project="alleg";
+    url="mirror://sourceforge/project/${project}/${baseName}/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    hash="0vm93kqvvw4rw2zx4l64c2i86xl5giwbqbyki4b2b83z0acpmc1n";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doCmake" "doMakeInstall"];
+
+  doCmake = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -lXext -lX11 -lXpm -lXcursor -lXxf86vm"
+    cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$out -D CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON .
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack" "addInputs"];
+      
+  makeFlags = [
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A game programming library";
+    license = "free-noncopyleft"; # giftware
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/alleg/files/";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b95878f3e297..36b4af0e2ad1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3027,6 +3027,7 @@ let
   agg = callPackage ../development/libraries/agg { };
 
   allegro = callPackage ../development/libraries/allegro {};
+  allegro5 = callPackage ../development/libraries/allegro/5.nix {};
 
   amrnb = callPackage ../development/libraries/amrnb { };