diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmtk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0fac97aaa439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmtk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{stdenv, substituteAll, fetchFromGitHub, libtool, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, gtk3
+, libpulseaudio, mplayer, gnome_mplayer }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gmtk-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.9";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kdekorte";
+    repo = "gmtk";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1zb5m1y1gckal3140gvx31572a6xpccwfmdwa1w5lx2wdq1pwk1i";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ libtool pkgconfig intltool ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib gtk3 libpulseaudio ];
+
+  patches = [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./fix-paths.patch;
+      mplayer = "${mplayer}/bin/mplayer";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Common functions for gnome-mplayer and gecko-mediaplayer";
+    homepage = https://sites.google.com/site/kdekorte2/gnomemplayer;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = gnome_mplayer.meta.maintainers;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmtk/fix-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmtk/fix-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..64738300aba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmtk/fix-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/src/gmtk_media_player.c
++++ b/src/gmtk_media_player.c
+@@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@
+         player->minimum_mplayer = detect_mplayer_features(player);
+ 
+         if (player->mplayer_binary == NULL || !g_file_test(player->mplayer_binary, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
+-            argv[argn++] = g_strdup_printf("mplayer");
++            argv[argn++] = g_strdup_printf("@mplayer@");
+         } else {
+             argv[argn++] = g_strdup_printf("%s", player->mplayer_binary);
+         }
+@@ -4135,7 +4135,7 @@
+         return ret;
+ 
+     if (player->mplayer_binary == NULL || !g_file_test(player->mplayer_binary, G_FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
+-        av[ac++] = g_strdup_printf("mplayer");
++        av[ac++] = g_strdup_printf("@mplayer@");
+     } else {
+         av[ac++] = g_strdup_printf("%s", player->mplayer_binary);
+     }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cdfa41ac6985..6ec532be1dd7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15237,6 +15237,8 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin) IOKit;
   };
 
+  gmtk = callPackage ../development/libraries/gmtk { };
+
   gmu = callPackage ../applications/audio/gmu { };
 
   gnome_mplayer = callPackage ../applications/video/gnome-mplayer {