diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/metaweblog/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/metaweblog/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a35c6ef6950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/metaweblog/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, emacs, xmlRpc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "metaweblog-0.1";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/punchagan/metaweblog.git;
+    rev = "ceda65048afaa4c7596c7f50ced998c59ef41167";
+    sha256 = "a4c10bb1b4be574e560f87d5f07da4e24e5fffe9ecc83e6d4f9325f3a7eb1e2f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ xmlRpc ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    emacs -L . -L ${xmlRpc}/share/emacs/site-lisp --batch -f batch-byte-compile *.el
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -d $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+    install *.el* $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "an emacs library to access metaweblog based weblogs";
+    homepage = https://github.com/punchagan/metaweblog;
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/org2blog/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/org2blog/default.nix
index e72560be8f44..d2e9e305bffb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/org2blog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/org2blog/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, emacs, xmlRpc }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, emacs, org, xmlRpc, metaweblog }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "org2blog-0.5";
+  name = "org2blog-0.8.1";
 
   src = fetchgit {
     url = https://github.com/punchagan/org2blog.git;
-    rev = "338abe30e9bc89684f8384f8deaf826b63844da6";
-    sha256 = "46ab31e90d0d54071c126b7d5599a3e82062baa79ddf26b988bcb88d306d6827";
+    rev = "5f573ff3e4007c16517a5fe28c4f5d8dde3f8a77";
+    sha256 = "e83c08ceece92bb507be70046db4a7fa87a4af34ad3f84a727e0bd6a1dd99a33";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ emacs ];
-  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ xmlRpc ];
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ org xmlRpc metaweblog ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
-    emacs -L . -L ${xmlRpc}/share/emacs/site-lisp --batch -f batch-byte-compile *.el
+    emacs -L . -L ${org}/share/emacs/site-lisp/org \
+               -L ${xmlRpc}/share/emacs/site-lisp \
+               -L ${metaweblog}/share/emacs/site-lisp \
+               --batch -f batch-byte-compile *.el
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a4484d031969..3c292f130c2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8359,6 +8359,8 @@ let
 
     maudeMode = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/maude { };
 
+    metaweblog = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/metaweblog { };
+
     notmuch = lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/notmuch { });
 
     offlineimap = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/offlineimap {};