diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/buildfix.diff b/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/buildfix.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3c48f6ad828f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/buildfix.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -ru monkeys-audio-3.99-u4-b5/src/MACLib/APELink.cpp monkeys-audio-3.99-u4-b5.patched/src/MACLib/APELink.cpp
+--- monkeys-audio-3.99-u4-b5/src/MACLib/APELink.cpp	2006-06-01 11:00:57.000000000 +0200
++++ monkeys-audio-3.99-u4-b5.patched/src/MACLib/APELink.cpp	2012-01-05 14:51:47.000000000 +0100
+@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@
+     if (pData != NULL)
+     {
+         // parse out the information
+-        char * pHeader = strstr(pData, APE_LINK_HEADER);
+-        char * pImageFile = strstr(pData, APE_LINK_IMAGE_FILE_TAG);
+-        char * pStartBlock = strstr(pData, APE_LINK_START_BLOCK_TAG);
+-        char * pFinishBlock = strstr(pData, APE_LINK_FINISH_BLOCK_TAG);
++        const char * pHeader = strstr(pData, APE_LINK_HEADER);
++        const char * pImageFile = strstr(pData, APE_LINK_IMAGE_FILE_TAG);
++        const char * pStartBlock = strstr(pData, APE_LINK_START_BLOCK_TAG);
++        const char * pFinishBlock = strstr(pData, APE_LINK_FINISH_BLOCK_TAG);
+ 
+         if (pHeader && pImageFile && pStartBlock && pFinishBlock)
+         {
+@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
+                 
+                 // get the path
+                 char cImageFile[MAX_PATH + 1]; int nIndex = 0;
+-                char * pImageCharacter = &pImageFile[strlen(APE_LINK_IMAGE_FILE_TAG)];
++                const char * pImageCharacter = &pImageFile[strlen(APE_LINK_IMAGE_FILE_TAG)];
+                 while ((*pImageCharacter != 0) && (*pImageCharacter != '\r') && (*pImageCharacter != '\n'))
+                     cImageFile[nIndex++] = *pImageCharacter++;
+                 cImageFile[nIndex] = 0;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48b0b52c5ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/monkeys-audio/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "3.99-u4-b5";
+  pname = "monkeys-audio";
+  name = pname + "-" + version;
+
+  patches = [ ./buildfix.diff ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://deb-multimedia.org/pool/main/m/${pname}/${pname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0kjfwzfxfx7f958b2b1kf8yj655lp0ppmn0sh57gbkjvj8lml7nz";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2e5ac514229d..e855a74e57ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7584,6 +7584,8 @@ let
 
   mmex = callPackage ../applications/office/mmex { };
 
+  monkeysAudio = callPackage ../applications/audio/monkeys-audio { };
+
   monodevelop = callPackage ../applications/editors/monodevelop {
     inherit (gnome) gnome_vfs libbonobo libglade libgnome GConf;
     mozilla = firefox;