diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6200196d403d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ibus/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, python, glib, intltool, pkgconfig
+, gnome3, dbus, libnotify, isocodes, gobjectIntrospection, wayland }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ibus-${version}";
+  version = "1.5.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ibus.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1v4a9xv2k26g6ggk4282ynfvh68j2r5hg1cdpvnryfa8c2pkdaq2";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = "--disable-gconf --enable-dconf --disable-memconf --enable-ui --enable-python-library";
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper python glib wayland
+    intltool pkgconfig gnome3.gtk2
+    gnome3.gtk3 dbus gnome3.dconf gnome3.gconf
+    libnotify isocodes gobjectIntrospection
+  ];
+
+  preBuild = "patchShebangs ./scripts";
+
+  postInstall  = ''
+    #${glib}/bin/glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas/
+    
+    for f in "$out"/bin/*; do
+      wrapProgram "$f" --prefix XDG_DATA_DIRS : "$out/share"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://code.google.com/p/ibus/;
+    description = "Intelligent Input Bus for Linux / Unix OS";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e4edb661c2ba..a36bb3f1295c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3563,6 +3563,8 @@ let
 
   hyenae = callPackage ../tools/networking/hyenae { };
 
+  ibus = callPackage ../development/libraries/ibus { };
+
   iconnamingutils = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/icon-naming-utils {
     inherit (perlPackages) XMLSimple;
   };