diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/hexedit/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/hexedit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07985dc214ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/hexedit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "hexedit-${version}";
+  version = "1.2.12";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://rigaux.org/${name}.src.tgz";
+    sha256 = "bcffbf3d128516cc4e1da64485866fbb5f62754f2af8327e7a527855186ba10f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "View and edit files in hexadecimal or in ASCII";
+    homepage = "http://prigaux.chez.com/hexedit.html";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 930264707cb3..8428779016c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7109,6 +7109,8 @@ let
 
   hello = callPackage ../applications/misc/hello/ex-2 { };
 
+  hexedit = callPackage ../applications/editors/hexedit { };
+
   homebank = callPackage ../applications/office/homebank { };
 
   htmldoc = callPackage ../applications/misc/htmldoc {