diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70a405b3fd6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/fluidsynth/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, glib, jackaudio, libsndfile, pkgconfig
+, pulseaudio }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
+  name = "fluidsynth-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/fluidsynth/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1x73a5rsyvfmh1j0484kzgnk251q61g1g2jdja673l8fizi0xd24";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib glib jackaudio libsndfile pkgconfig pulseaudio ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications";
+    homepage = http://www.fluidsynth.org;
+    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/qsynth/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/qsynth/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96221348f88c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/qsynth/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, fluidsynth, jackaudio, qt4 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation  rec {
+  name = "qsynth-${version}";
+  version = "0.3.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/qsynth/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0g7vaffpgs7v2p71ml5p7fzxz50mhlaklgf9zk4wbfk1hslqv5mm";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib fluidsynth jackaudio qt4 ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Fluidsynth GUI";
+    homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.goibhniu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index abf3c9e7302d..ef1029fb41fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6651,6 +6651,8 @@ let
     inherit stdenv fetchurl openssl;
   };
 
+  fluidsynth = callPackage ../applications/audio/fluidsynth { };
+
   fossil = callPackage ../applications/version-management/fossil { };
 
   goldendict = callPackage ../applications/misc/goldendict { };
@@ -7274,6 +7276,8 @@ let
 
   qemuImage = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/qemu/linux-img { };
 
+  qsynth = callPackage ../applications/audio/qsynth { };
+
   qtpfsgui = callPackage ../applications/graphics/qtpfsgui { };
 
   qtractor = callPackage ../applications/audio/qtractor { };