diff --git a/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix b/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d16102df9278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/lilypond/unstable.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, guile, rsync, lilypond }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+overrideDerivation lilypond (p: rec {
+  majorVersion = "2.19";
+  minorVersion = "24";
+  version="${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}";
+  name = "lilypond-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/sources/v${majorVersion}/lilypond-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0wd57swrfc2nvkj10ipdbhq6gpnckiafg2b2kpd8aydsyp248iln";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-documentation" "--with-fonts-dir=${p.urwfonts}"];
+
+  buildInputs = p.buildInputs ++ [ rsync ];
+
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e91132586951..4c5c10bc3f60 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17569,6 +17569,7 @@ with pkgs;
   kops = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/kops { };
 
   lilypond = callPackage ../misc/lilypond { guile = guile_1_8; };
+  lilypond-unstable = callPackage ../misc/lilypond/unstable.nix { guile = guile_1_8; };
 
   mailcore2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/mailcore2 { };