diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fmod/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fmod/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6196a57c553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fmod/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "fmod-42204";
+  src = if (stdenv.system == "i686-linux") then
+    fetchurl {
+      url = http://www.fmod.org/index.php/release/version/fmodapi42204linux.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "64eedc5b37c597eb925de446106d75cab0b5a79697d5ec048d34702812c08563";
+    } else if (stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux") then
+    fetchurl {
+      url = http://www.fmod.org/index.php/release/version/fmodapi42204linux64.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "3f2eec8265838a1005febe07c4971660e85010e4622911890642dc438746edf3";
+    } else throw "unsupported platform ${stdenv.system} (only i686-linux and x86_64 linux supported yet)";
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    sed -e /ldconfig/d -i Makefile
+    sed -e s@/usr/local@$out@ -i Makefile
+    sed -e s@/include/fmodex@/include@ -i Makefile
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    mkdir -p $out/include
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.fmod.org/;
+    description = "Programming library and toolkit for the creation and playback of interactive audio";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c54240399afe..24d76ec2f680 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2863,6 +2863,10 @@ let
     flags = [ "useNixLibs" "threads" "shared" "gl" ];
   };
 
+  fmod = import ../development/libraries/fmod {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl;
+  };
+
   freeimage = import ../development/libraries/freeimage {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
   };