diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xlife/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xlife/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc7013739985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xlife/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, xorg }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "xlife";
+  version = "6.7.5";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = "https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xlife-cal/xlife/trunk";
+    rev = "365";
+    sha256 = "1gadlcp32s179kd7ypxr8cymd6s060p6z4c2vnx94i8bmiw3nn8h";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with xorg; [ imake gccmakedep ];
+  buildInputs = [ xorg.libX11 ];
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm755 xlife -t $out/bin
+    install -Dm755 lifeconv -t $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://litwr2.atspace.eu/xlife.php";
+    description = "Conway's Game of Life and other cellular automata, for X";
+    license = licenses.hpndSellVariant;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ djanatyn ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 551b285d419a..0675427d4c70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24738,6 +24738,8 @@ in
 
   xkblayout-state = callPackage ../applications/misc/xkblayout-state { };
 
+  xlife = callPackage ../applications/graphics/xlife { };
+
   xmobar = haskellPackages.xmobar;
 
   xmonad-log = callPackage ../tools/misc/xmonad-log { };