diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/build-install.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/build-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4dae65438cb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/build-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+commit 4ec09e6f6e00e40622a5207ed24dc657da9a9090
+Author: Pavol Rusnak <stick@gk2.sk>
+Date:   Tue Dec 4 12:06:22 2018 +0100
+
+    build: add install: true to executable in meson.build
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 050e1b1..9224ed5 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ endforeach
+ 
+ # compile the main project
+ executable('luppp', luppp_src + [version_hxx],
++    install: true,
+     dependencies: deps)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdba836a6ae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/luppp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pkgconfig
+, jack2
+, cairo
+, liblo
+, libsndfile
+, libsamplerate
+, ntk
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "luppp";
+  version = "1.2.0";
+  patches = [ ./build-install.patch ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "openAVproductions";
+    repo = "openAV-Luppp";
+    rev = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "194yq0lqc2psq9vyxmzif40ccawcvd9jndcn18mkz4f8h5w5rc1a";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson ninja pkgconfig
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    jack2 cairo liblo libsndfile libsamplerate ntk
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://openavproductions.com/luppp/;
+    description = "A music creation tool, intended for live use";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ prusnak ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 234faea624ff..293935a51e1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17878,6 +17878,8 @@ in
     lua = lua5_1;
   };
 
+  luppp = callPackage ../applications/audio/luppp { };
+
   lv2bm = callPackage ../applications/audio/lv2bm { };
 
   lynx = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/lynx { };