diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ranger/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ranger/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f75c05a68f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ranger/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, python, fetchurl }:
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  name = "ranger-1.6.1";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "File manager with minimalistic curses interface";
+    homepage = "http://ranger.nongnu.org/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  };
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ranger.nongnu.org/ranger-1.6.1.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0pnvfwk2a1p35246fihm3fsr1m7r2njirbxm28ba276psajk1cnc";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python.modules; [ curses ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3f9f1ccf0470..5ada4859ac1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1672,6 +1672,8 @@ let
 
   radvd = callPackage ../tools/networking/radvd { };
 
+  ranger = callPackage ../applications/misc/ranger { };
+
   privateer = callPackage ../games/privateer { };
 
   rtmpdump = callPackage ../tools/video/rtmpdump { };