diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/sigil/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/sigil/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3cbbc6d6b35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/sigil/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, cmake, pkgconfig, makeWrapper
+, hunspell, minizip, boost, xercesc, qt5
+}:
+
+let
+  the_version = "0.7.4";
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sigil-${the_version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://sigil.googlecode.com/files/Sigil-${the_version}-Code.zip";
+    sha256 = "68c7ca15ea8611921af0c435369563f55c6afd2ef1fb0945cf6c4a47429b0fb5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    unzip cmake pkgconfig
+    hunspell minizip boost xercesc qt5
+  ];
+
+  # XXX: the compiler seems to treat the .h file inappropriately:
+  #
+  #    COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${compile_flags} \
+  #            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${header_name}.h \
+  #           -o ${header_name}.h.gch
+  #
+  #  but using -c or -x c++-header seems to work:
+  #
+  #    COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${compile_flags} \
+  #            -c ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${header_name}.h \
+  #            -o ${header_name}.h.gch
+  #
+  #    COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ${compile_flags} \
+  #            -x c++-header ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${header_name}.h \
+  #            -o ${header_name}.h.gch
+  #
+  # Might be related to:
+  #
+  #   http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gcc.bugs/361195
+  buildCommand = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out
+    mkdir -pv ${name}/src ${name}/build ${name}/run
+    cd ${name}/src
+    unzip -n ${src}
+    sed -i \
+        -e 's|\(COMMAND\) \([^ ]\+\) \([^ ]\+\) \(.*\)|\1 \2 \3 -c \4|' \
+        cmake_extras/CustomPCH.cmake
+#    sed -i \
+#        -e 's|\(COMMAND\) \([^ ]\+\) \([^ ]\+\) \(.*\)|\1 \2 \3 -x c++-header \4|' \
+#        cmake_extras/CustomPCH.cmake
+    cd ../build
+    cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$out \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON \
+        ../src
+    #make VERBOSE=1
+    make
+    make install
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Free, open source, multi-platform ebook (ePub) editor";
+    homepage = https://code.google.com/p/sigil/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4a5d9f9e074..b771bc945d35 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2211,6 +2211,8 @@ let
 
   siege = callPackage ../tools/networking/siege {};
 
+  sigil = callPackage ../applications/editors/sigil { };
+
   silc_client = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/silc-client { };
 
   silc_server = callPackage ../servers/silc-server { };