diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/rudel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/rudel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9bb7870fb5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/rudel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+let
+    version = "0.2-4";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation
+{
+  name = "rudel-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl
+  {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/rudel/rudel-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "68247bfb702d929877f6d098932e8b0ca45c573a3510187e1ccc43e5ea194f25";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    for n in . obby zeroconf jupiter; do
+      ensureDir "$out/share/emacs/site-lisp/$n";
+      cp $n/*.el "$out/share/emacs/site-lisp/$n/";
+    done
+    install -D -m444 doc/card.pdf "$out/share/doc/rudel/card.pdf"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://rudel.sourceforge.net/";
+    description = "Rudel is a collaborative editing environment for GNU Emacs";
+    license = "GPL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9dc6f94d683d..5f4ea28f4a81 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7860,6 +7860,10 @@ let
       inherit fetchurl stdenv texinfo emacs bbdb;
     };
 
+    rudel = import ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/rudel {
+      inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    };
+
     scalaMode = import ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/scala-mode {
       inherit fetchsvn stdenv emacs;
     };