diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/wordnet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/wordnet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7300959fde75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/wordnet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, tcl, tk, x11, makeWrapper}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "wordnet-3.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/3.0/WordNet-3.0.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "6c492d0c7b4a40e7674d088191d3aa11f373bb1da60762e098b8ee2dda96ef22";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [tcl tk x11 makeWrapper];
+
+  # Needs the path to `tclConfig.sh' and `tkConfig.sh'.
+  configureFlags = "--with-tcl=" + tcl + "/lib " +
+                   "--with-tk="  + tk  + "/lib";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/wishwn --set TK_LIBRARY "${tk}/lib/tk8.4"
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/wnb    --prefix PATH : "$out/bin"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "WordNet, a lexical database for the English language.";
+    homepage = http://wordnet.princeton.edu/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c0b1999c65d1..5680d0b0d135 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5337,6 +5337,10 @@ rec {
     includeUnpack = getConfig ["stdenv" "includeUnpack"] false;
   };
 
+  wordnet = import ../applications/misc/wordnet {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl tcl tk x11 makeWrapper;
+  };
+
   wrapFirefox = firefox: nameSuffix: import ../applications/networking/browsers/firefox-wrapper {
     inherit stdenv firefox nameSuffix;
     plugins = []