diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..91c75a007c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/irssi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, ncurses, glib, openssl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "irssi-0.8.11";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://irssi.org/files/irssi-0.8.11.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "425cf24f13bfda05c6a468523cd2874d05675ea1bc4e37a8c284f2f78c2dd6b2";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig ncurses glib openssl];
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lncurses";
+  configureFlags = "--with-proxy --with-ncurses --enable-ssl";
+}