diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/svox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/svox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f8258dd10abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/svox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "svox-${version}";
+  version = "2016-01-25";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/svox";
+    rev = "dfb9937746b1828d093faf3b1494f9dc403f392d";
+    sha256 = "1gkfj5avikzmr2vv8bhf83n15jcbz4phz5j13l0qnh3gjzh4f1bk";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    cd pico
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cd lib
+    for i in *.c; do
+      $CC -O2 -fPIC -c -o ''${i%.c}.o $i
+    done
+    $CC -shared -o libttspico.so *.o
+    cd ..
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm755 lib/libttspico.so $out/lib/libttspico.so
+    mkdir -p $out/include
+    cp lib/*.h $out/include
+    mkdir -p $out/share/pico/lang
+    cp lang/*.bin $out/share/pico/lang
+  '';
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-include stdint.h" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Text-to-speech engine";
+    homepage = https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/svox;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f939096cc5e1..a959341fe354 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12593,6 +12593,8 @@ in
 
   quvi_scripts = callPackage ../applications/video/quvi/scripts.nix { };
 
+  svox = callPackage ../applications/audio/svox { };
+
   gkrellm = callPackage ../applications/misc/gkrellm { };
 
   gmu = callPackage ../applications/audio/gmu { };