diff --git a/pkgs/games/freesweep/default.nix b/pkgs/games/freesweep/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d07eda74b81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/freesweep/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ fetchurl, ncurses, stdenv,
+  updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "freesweep-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/rwestlund/freesweep/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0l2kf14558lsq9qd2hs0kcyn9bbl1jdbzwrvcs6mnyjl7zpizcpj";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    configureFlags="$configureFlags --with-prefsdir=$out/share"
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -D -m 0555 freesweep $out/bin/freesweep
+    install -D -m 0444 sweeprc $out/share/sweeprc
+    install -D -m 0444 freesweep.6 $out/share/man/man6/freesweep.6
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A console minesweeper-style game written in C for Unix-like systems";
+    homepage = https://github.com/rwestlund/freesweep;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kierdavis ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d7112cfab196..6c5d061ce937 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17890,6 +17890,8 @@ with pkgs;
     boost = boost160;
   };
 
+  freesweep = callPackage ../games/freesweep { };
+
   frotz = callPackage ../games/frotz { };
 
   fsg = callPackage ../games/fsg {