diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-ttf/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-ttf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e07ec8a37c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/font-awesome-ttf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "font-awesome-4.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/assets/${name}.zip";
+    sha256 = "018syfvkj01jym60mpys93xv84ky9l2x90gprnm9npzwkw5169jc";
+  };
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    ${unzip}/bin/unzip $src
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    cp */fonts/*.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Font Awesome - TTF font";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Font Awesome gives you scalable vector icons that can instantly be customized.
+      This package includes only the TTF font. For full CSS etc. see the project website.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = "http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.ofl;
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.abaldeau ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c75a8730a149..920bbc006211 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9946,6 +9946,8 @@ let
 
   fira-mono = callPackage ../data/fonts/fira-mono { };
 
+  font-awesome-ttf = callPackage ../data/fonts/font-awesome-ttf { };
+
   freefont_ttf = callPackage ../data/fonts/freefont-ttf { };
 
   freepats = callPackage ../data/misc/freepats { };