diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cgminer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cgminer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ae404a002f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cgminer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ fetchgit, stdenv, pkgconfig, libtool, autoconf, automake,
+  curl, ncurses, amdappsdk, amdadlsdk, xorg }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2.11.4";
+  name = "cgminer-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer.git";
+    rev = "96c8ff5f10f2d8f0cf4d1bd889e8eeac2e4aa715";
+    sha256  = "1vf9agy4vw50cap03qig2y65hdrsdy7cknkzyagv89w5xb230r9a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig libtool curl ncurses amdappsdk amdadlsdk xorg.libX11 xorg.libXext xorg.libXinerama ];
+  configureScript = "./autogen.sh";
+  configureFlags = "--enable-scrypt";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lgcc_s -lX11 -lXext -lXinerama";
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ln -s ${amdadlsdk}/include/* ADL_SDK/
+  '';
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    gcc api-example.c -I compat/jansson -o cgminer-api
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    cp cgminer-api $out/bin/
+    chmod 444 $out/bin/*.cl
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "CPU/GPU miner in c for bitcoin";
+    longDescription= ''
+      This is a multi-threaded multi-pool GPU, FPGA and ASIC miner with ATI GPU
+      monitoring, (over)clocking and fanspeed support for bitcoin and derivative
+      coins. Do not use on multiple block chains at the same time!
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.offline ];
+    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c9b40f1cf5ce..9ba1d2515633 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6941,6 +6941,10 @@ let
 
   cgit = callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-and-tools/cgit { };
 
+  cgminer = callPackage ../applications/misc/cgminer {
+    amdappsdk = amdappsdk28;
+  };
+
   chatzilla = callPackage ../applications/networking/irc/chatzilla {
     xulrunner = firefox36Pkgs.xulrunner;
   };