diff --git a/pkgs/games/freedroid/default.nix b/pkgs/games/freedroid/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..266407d17dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/freedroid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ lib, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, makeDesktopItem, copyDesktopItems
+, imagemagick
+, autoreconfHook
+, SDL, SDL_mixer, SDL_image, SDL_gfx
+, libvorbis
+, libjpeg, libpng
+, zlib
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname   = "freedroid";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "ReinhardPrix";
+    repo   = "FreedroidClassic";
+    rev    = "release-${version}";
+    sha256 = "027wns25nyyc8afyhyp5a8wn13x9nlzmnqzqyyma1055xjy5imis";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ copyDesktopItems imagemagick autoreconfHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ SDL SDL_image SDL_gfx SDL_mixer libjpeg libpng libvorbis zlib ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    touch NEWS
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
+    convert graphics/paraicon.bmp $out/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/freedroid.png
+  '';
+
+  desktopItems = [ (makeDesktopItem {
+    name = pname;
+    exec = pname;
+    icon = pname;
+    desktopName = "Freedroid Classic";
+    comment     = "A clone of the classic game 'Paradroid' on Commodore 64";
+    categories  = "Game;ArcadeGame;";
+  }) ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A clone of the classic game 'Paradroid' on Commodore 64";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/ReinhardPrix/FreedroidClassic";
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iblech ];
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+    # Builds but fails to render to the screen at runtime.
+    broken      = stdenv.isDarwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bd3f5e27d31c..070b144339d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4229,6 +4229,8 @@ in
     mkFranzDerivation = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/franz/generic.nix { };
   };
 
+  freedroid = callPackage ../games/freedroid { };
+
   freedroidrpg = callPackage ../games/freedroidrpg { };
 
   freenukum = callPackage ../games/freenukum { };