diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gqrx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gqrx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a52081077509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gqrx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, gnuradio, boost, gnuradio-osmosdr
+# drivers (optional):
+, rtl-sdr
+, pulseaudioSupport ? true, pulseaudio
+}:
+
+assert pulseaudioSupport -> pulseaudio != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gqrx-${version}";
+  version = "2.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/gqrx/${version}/${name}-src.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "15ncx2shh43skph7sj3jvmkls9cbbbysld49c8xd23fhdsxanj9x";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    qt4 gnuradio boost gnuradio-osmosdr rtl-sdr
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals pulseaudioSupport [ pulseaudio ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''qmake PREFIX="$out"'';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Software defined radio (SDR) receiver";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by GNU Radio and the Qt
+      GUI toolkit. It can process I/Q data from many types of input devices,
+      including Funcube Dongle Pro/Pro+, rtl-sdr, HackRF, and Universal
+      Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) devices.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://gqrx.dk/;
+    # Some of the code comes from the Cutesdr project, with a BSD license, but
+    # it's currently unknown which version of the BSD license that is.
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;  # should work on Darwin / OS X too
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2c2f545f76be..e5dc9e812513 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7938,6 +7938,8 @@ let
 
   gpicview = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gpicview { };
 
+  gqrx = callPackage ../applications/misc/gqrx { };
+
   grass = import ../applications/misc/grass {
     inherit (xlibs) libXmu libXext libXp libX11 libXt libSM libICE libXpm
       libXaw libXrender;