diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index a06510ec21b1..0f4a82aaeda2 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@
   skrzyp = "Jakub Skrzypnik <jot.skrzyp@gmail.com>";
   sleexyz = "Sean Lee <freshdried@gmail.com>";
   smironov = "Sergey Mironov <ierton@gmail.com>";
+  solson = "Scott Olson <scott@solson.me>";
   spacefrogg = "Michael Raitza <spacefrogg-nixos@meterriblecrew.net>";
   spencerjanssen = "Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen@gmail.com>";
   spinus = "Tomasz Czyż <tomasz.czyz@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/drumstick/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/drumstick/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5be3a40a0fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/drumstick/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, cmake, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45, doxygen
+, fluidsynth, pkgconfig, qt5
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "drumstick-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/drumstick/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0l47gy9yywrc860db5g3wdqg8yc8qdb2lqq6wvw1dfim5j0vbail";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  # Prevent the manpage builds from attempting to access the Internet.
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace cmake_admin/CreateManpages.cmake --replace \
+      http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl \
+      ${docbook_xsl}/xml/xsl/docbook/manpages/docbook.xsl
+
+    for xml in doc/*.xml.in; do
+      substituteInPlace "$xml" --replace \
+        http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd \
+        ${docbook_xml_dtd_45}/xml/dtd/docbook/docbookx.dtd
+    done
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    alsaLib cmake doxygen fluidsynth pkgconfig qt5.qtbase qt5.qtsvg
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ solson ];
+    description = "MIDI libraries for Qt5/C++";
+    homepage = http://drumstick.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 15e8a41426fd..6d9193bdef96 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4259,6 +4259,8 @@ in
 
   devpi-client = callPackage ../development/tools/devpi-client {};
 
+  drumstick = callPackage ../development/libraries/drumstick { };
+
   ecl = callPackage ../development/compilers/ecl { };
 
   eql = callPackage ../development/compilers/eql {};