diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ecb7289f717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/paraview/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, cmake, qt4 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "paraview-3.4.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.paraview.org/files/v3.4/paraview-3.4.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "27544f442e957e9aa60b32c674f2dcd84fffeecc9a40071ef6e305333413187d";
+  };
+
+  # I added these flags to get all the rpaths right, which I guess they are
+  # taken from the qt4 sources. Not very nice.
+  cmakeFlags = "-DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS=\"-Wl,-rpath,$out/lib/paraview-3.4\"" +
+    " -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=\"-Wl,-rpath,$out/lib/paraview-3.4" +
+    " -lpng12 -lSM -lICE -lXrender -lXrandr -lXcursor -lXinerama" +
+    " -lXfixes -lfreetype -lfontconfig -lXext -lX11 -lssl -lXt -lz\"" +
+    " -DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON" +
+    " -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" +
+    " -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$out";
+
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+
+  # I rewrote the configure phase to get the $out references evaluated in
+  # cmakeFlags
+  configurePhase = ''
+    set -x
+    mkdir -p build;
+    cd build
+    eval -- "cmake .. $cmakeFlags"
+    set +x
+    '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 ];
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 373fedc59150..21f5ca3eaa76 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8545,6 +8545,10 @@ let
     spellChecking = false;
   };
 
+  paraview = import ../applications/graphics/paraview {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv cmake qt4;
+  };
+
   pidgin = import ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser libxml2 nss
       gtkspell aspell gettext ncurses avahi dbus dbus_glib lib intltool;