diff --git a/pkgs/games/bitsnbots/default.nix b/pkgs/games/bitsnbots/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..252f881c3752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/bitsnbots/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, SDL, lua, mesa }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bitsnbots-20111230";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://moikmellah.org/downloads/bitsnbots/bitsnbots.source.tgz;
+    sha256 = "1iiclm6bfpp2p6d692hpnw25xyr48ki1xkcxa7fvh5b7m1519gsp";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i '/^INCLUDE/d' Makefile.linux
+  '';
+
+  makefile = "Makefile.linux";
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${SDL}/include/SDL";
+
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lGL";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/${name}
+    cp -R bitsnbots resource scripts README $out/share/${name}
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    ln -s $out/share/${name}/bitsnbots $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ SDL lua mesa ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simple puzzle game with moving robots";
+    homepage = "http://moikmellah.org/blog/?page_id=19";
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1b1457dac1e7..629b4217dd25 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7881,6 +7881,10 @@ let
     guile = guile_1_8;
   };
 
+  bitsnbots = callPackage ../games/bitsnbots {
+    lua = lua5;
+  };
+
   blackshades = callPackage ../games/blackshades { };
 
   blackshadeselite = callPackage ../games/blackshadeselite { };