diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xfe/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xfe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67ff2ec55411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xfe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fox_1_6, pkgconfig, gettext, x11, gcc, intltool, file, libpng }:
+
+let
+  version = "1.33";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xfe-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/xfe/xfe/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "fb089ba73add411b08a6560eeb51742d";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ fox_1_6 pkgconfig gettext x11 gcc intltool file libpng ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer like file manager for X.";
+    longDescription = ''
+      X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer like file manager for X.
+      It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander, which was developed by Maxim Baranov.
+      Xfe aims to be the filemanager of choice for all the Unix addicts!
+    '';
+    homepage = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/xfe/";
+    license = "GPLv2";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.bbenoist ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8961621cab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, x11 }:
+
+let
+  version = "1.6.9";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "fox-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.fox-toolkit.org/pub/${name}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "8ab8274237431865f57b2f5596374a65";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ x11 ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "FOX is a C++ based class library for building Graphical User Interfaces";
+    longDescription = ''
+        FOX stands for Free Objects for X.
+        It is a C++ based class library for building Graphical User Interfaces.
+        Initially, it was developed for LINUX, but the scope of this project has in the course of time become somewhat more ambitious.
+        Current aims are to make FOX completely platform independent, and thus programs written against the FOX library will be only a compile away from running on a variety of platforms.
+      '';
+    homepage = "http://fox-toolkit.org";
+    license = "LGPL";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.bbenoist ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 21dce48c780b..4cb5417a581a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ let
   fortune = callPackage ../tools/misc/fortune { };
 
   fox = callPackage ../development/libraries/fox/default.nix { };
+  fox_1_6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix { };
 
   fprot = callPackage ../tools/security/fprot { };
 
@@ -7983,6 +7984,8 @@ let
 
   xen = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/xen { };
 
+  xfe = callPackage ../applications/misc/xfe { };
+
   xfig = callPackage ../applications/graphics/xfig {
     stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv gcc34;
   };