diff --git a/pkgs/games/2048-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/games/2048-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..947973c0fb31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/2048-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, gettext
+, installShellFiles
+, ncurses
+, ui ? "terminal"
+}:
+
+assert lib.elem ui [ "terminal" "curses" ];
+stdenv.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "2048-cli";
+  version = "unstable-2019-12-10";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tiehuis";
+    repo = "2048-cli";
+    rev = "67439255df7d4f70209ca628d65128cd41d33e8d";
+    hash = "sha256-U7g2wCZgR7Lp/69ktQIZZ1cScll2baCequemTl3Mc3I=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace "-lcurses" "-lncurses"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    installShellFiles
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gettext
+  ]
+  ++ (lib.optional (ui == "curses") ncurses);
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${lib.getDev gettext}/share/gettext/";
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc"
+    ui
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 -t $out/bin 2048
+    installManPage man/2048.6
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/tiehuis/2048-cli";
+    description = "The game 2048 for your Linux terminal";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6ed0db662971..3f7c591eae2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -34808,6 +34808,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   _1oom = callPackage ../games/1oom { };
 
+  _2048-cli = _2048-cli-terminal;
+  _2048-cli-curses = callPackage ../games/2048-cli { ui = "curses"; };
+  _2048-cli-terminal = callPackage ../games/2048-cli { ui = "terminal"; };
+
   _2048-in-terminal = callPackage ../games/2048-in-terminal { };
 
   _20kly = callPackage ../games/20kly { };