diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/tkabber/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/tkabber/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30c91d3d905b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/tkabber/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, tcl, tk, tcllib, tcltls, bwidget, cacert, makeWrapper, x11 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "tkabber-0.11.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://files.jabber.ru/tkabber/tkabber-0.11.1.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "19xv555cm7a2gczdalf9srxm39hmsh0fbidhwxa74a89nqkbf4lv";
+  };
+
+  defaultTheme = "ocean-deep";
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace login.tcl --replace \
+      "custom::defvar loginconf(sslcacertstore) \"\"" \
+      "custom::defvar loginconf(sslcacertstore) \"${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt\""
+
+    sed -i '/^if.*load_default_xrdb/,/^}$/ {
+        s@option readfile \(\[fullpath [^]]*\]\)@option readfile "'"$out/share/doc/tkabber/examples/xrdb/${defaultTheme}.xrdb"'"@
+    }' tkabber.tcl
+  '';
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    sed -e "s@/usr/local@$out@" -i Makefile
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/tkabber --set TCLLIBPATH "${bwidget}/tcltk\ ${tcllib}/lib/tcllib${tcllib.version}\ ${tcltls}/lib/tls${tcltls.version}"
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [tcl tk tcllib tcltls bwidget x11 makeWrapper];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://tkabber.jabber.ru/";
+    description = "A GUI client for the XMPP (Jabber) instant messaging protocol";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ed04014bf9bf..e009d590a21b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1555,6 +1555,8 @@ let
 
   time = callPackage ../tools/misc/time { };
 
+  tkabber = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/tkabber { };
+
   tm = callPackage ../tools/system/tm { };
 
   trang = callPackage ../tools/text/xml/trang { };