diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cool-old-term/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cool-old-term/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76d78f004024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cool-old-term/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qt53 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.9";
+  name = "cool-old-term-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Swordifish90";
+    repo = "cool-old-term";
+    rev = "2494bc05228290545df8c59c05624a4b903e9068";
+    sha256 = "8462f3eded7b2219acc143258544b0dfac32d81e10cac61ff14276d426704c93";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt53 ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    pushd ./konsole-qml-plugin
+    qmake konsole-qml-plugin.pro PREFIX=$out
+    make
+    popd
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    pushd ./konsole-qml-plugin
+    make install
+    popd
+
+    install -d $out/bin $out/lib/cool-old-term $out/share/cool-old-term
+    cp -a ./imports $out/lib/cool-old-term/
+    cp -a ./app     $out/share/cool-old-term/
+
+    cat > $out/bin/cool-old-term <<EOF
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    ${qt53}/bin/qmlscene -I $out/lib/cool-old-term/imports $out/share/cool-old-term/app/main.qml
+    EOF
+    chmod a+x $out/bin/cool-old-term
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display";
+    longDescription = ''
+      cool-old-term is a terminal emulator which tries to mimic the look and
+      feel of the old cathode tube screens. It has been designed to be
+      eye-candy, customizable, and reasonably lightweight.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Swordifish90/cool-old-term";
+    licenses = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ gpl2 gpl3 ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ skeidel ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 751d4c0463fe..f89d95cbc388 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -811,6 +811,8 @@ let
 
   convmv = callPackage ../tools/misc/convmv { };
 
+  cool-old-term = callPackage ../applications/misc/cool-old-term { };
+
   coreutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/coreutils
     {
       # TODO: Add ACL support for cross-Linux.