diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dico/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dico/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0be61a1a558c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dico/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, libtool, gettext, zlib, readline, guile, python }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dico-2.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/dico/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "03cpg16jbsv5xh9mvyjj7myvpdpb82354a1yjrhcy0k5w8faa9kv";
+  };
+
+  # XXX: Add support for GNU SASL.
+  buildInputs = [ libtool gettext zlib readline guile python ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNU Dico, a flexible dictionary server and client implementing RFC 2229";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      GNU Dico is a flexible modular implementation of DICT server
+      (RFC 2229).  In contrast to another existing servers, it does
+      not depend on particular database format, instead it handles
+      database accesses using loadable modules.
+
+      The package includes several loadable modules for interfacing
+      with various database formats, among them a module for dict.org
+      databases and a module for transparently accessing Wikipedia or
+      Wiktionary sites as a dictionary database.
+
+      New modules can easily be written in C, Guile or Python.  The
+      module API is mature and well documented.
+
+      A web interface serving several databases is available.
+
+      The package also includes a console client program for querying
+      remote dictionary servers.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/dico/;
+
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 33a19587c27f..bcdcac58298a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6410,6 +6410,10 @@ let
     inherit openssl libtool;
   };
 
+  dico = import ../servers/dico {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv libtool gettext zlib readline guile python;
+  };
+
   dict = composedArgsAndFun (selectVersion ../servers/dict "1.9.15") {
     inherit builderDefs which bison;
     flex=flex2534;