diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/texmaker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/texmaker/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16335a550653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/texmaker/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, popplerQt4, zlib, pkgconfig, poppler}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "texmaker";
+  version = "4.1.1";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1h5rxdq6f05wk3lnlw96fxwrb14k77cx1mwy648127h2c8nsgw4z";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ qt4 popplerQt4 zlib ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig poppler ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -I$(echo ${poppler}/include/poppler/) " # for poppler-config.h
+    qmake PREFIX=$out DESKTOPDIR=$out/share/applications ICONDIR=$out/share/pixmaps texmaker.pro
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "TeX and LaTeX editor";
+    longDescription=''
+	This editor is a full fledged IDE for TeX and
+	LaTeX editing with completion, structure viewer, preview,
+	spell checking and support of any compilation chain.
+	'';
+    homepage = "http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cfouche ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5d1961996155..23675df7ac54 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2055,6 +2055,8 @@ let
     guile = guile_1_8;
   };
 
+  texmaker = callPackage ../applications/editors/texmaker { };
+
   tiled-qt = callPackage ../applications/editors/tiled-qt { qt = qt4; };
 
   tinc = callPackage ../tools/networking/tinc { };