diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gpsbabel/gui.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gpsbabel/gui.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57eca9f47a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gpsbabel/gui.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ stdenv, mkDerivation, qmake, qttools, qtwebkit, qttranslations, gpsbabel }:
+
+mkDerivation {
+  pname = "gpsbabel-gui";
+
+  inherit (gpsbabel) src version;
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/gui";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake qttools ];
+  buildInputs = [ qtwebkit ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace mainwindow.cc \
+      --replace "QApplication::applicationDirPath() + \"/" "\"" \
+      --replace "QApplication::applicationDirPath() + '/' + " "" \
+      --replace "translator.load(full_filename)" "translator.load(filename)" \
+      --replace "gpsbabelfe_%1.qm" "$out/share/gpsbabel/translations/gpsbabelfe_%1.qm" \
+      --replace "gpsbabel_%1.qm" "$out/share/gpsbabel/translations/gpsbabel_%1.qm" \
+      --replace "qt_%1.qm" "${qttranslations}/translations/qt_%1.qm"
+    substituteInPlace formatload.cc \
+      --replace "QApplication::applicationDirPath() + \"/" "\""
+    substituteInPlace gpsbabel.desktop \
+      --replace "gpsbabelfe-bin" "gpsbabelfe"
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    lrelease *.ts coretool/*.ts
+  '';
+
+  qtWrapperArgs = [
+    "--prefix PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ gpsbabel ]}"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm755 objects/gpsbabelfe -t $out/bin
+    install -Dm644 gpsbabel.desktop -t $out/share/applications
+    install -Dm644 images/appicon.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/gpsbabel.png
+    install -Dm644 *.qm coretool/*.qm -t $out/share/gpsbabel/translations
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Qt-based GUI for gpsbabel";
+    homepage = "http://www.gpsbabel.org/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sikmir ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bba352d3fbce..a77396bcd584 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19717,6 +19717,8 @@ in
     inherit (darwin) IOKit;
   };
 
+  gpsbabel-gui = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/gpsbabel/gui.nix { };
+
   gpscorrelate = callPackage ../applications/misc/gpscorrelate { };
 
   gpsd = callPackage ../servers/gpsd { };