diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fritzing/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fritzing/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ac189c4ef8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/fritzing/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt5, boost }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  version = "0.9.0b";
+  name = "fritzing";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://fritzing.org/download/${version}/source-tarball/fritzing-${version}.source.tar_1.bz2";
+    sha256 = "181qnknq1j5x075icpw2qk0sc4wcj9f2hym533vs936is0wxp2gk";
+  };
+
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    tar xjf ${src}
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt5 boost ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    cd fritzing-${version}.source
+    qmake PREFIX=$out phoenix.pro
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An open source prototyping tool for Arduino-based projects";
+    homepage = http://fritzing.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.robberer ];
+  }; 
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 21381e7ac953..fffbfef85cc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9142,6 +9142,8 @@ let
 
   fribid = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/mozilla-plugins/fribid { };
 
+  fritzing = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/fritzing { };
+
   fvwm = callPackage ../applications/window-managers/fvwm { };
 
   geany = callPackage ../applications/editors/geany { };