diff --git a/pkgs/games/xbomb/default.nix b/pkgs/games/xbomb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..787aebef2d54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/xbomb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libX11, libXaw }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xbomb-2.2b";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "http://www.gedanken.org.uk/software/xbomb/download/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0692gjw28qvh8wj9l58scjw6kxj7jdyb3yzgcgs9wcznq11q839m";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libX11 libXaw ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace /usr/local $out
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.gedanken.org.uk/software/xbomb/;
+    description = "Minesweeper for X11 with various grid sizes and shapes";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 339563fddf19..f0e54b916caf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9993,6 +9993,8 @@ let
 
   wpa_supplicant_gui = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/gui.nix { };
 
+  xbomb = callPackage ../games/xbomb { };
+
   xf86_input_mtrack = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/xf86-input-mtrack {
     inherit (xorg) utilmacros xproto inputproto xorgserver;
   };