diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ebook2cw/configfile.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/ebook2cw/configfile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7aafe5227a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ebook2cw/configfile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/ebook2cw.c	2017-11-08 19:52:58.298131348 -0700
++++ b/ebook2cw.c	2017-11-08 19:53:02.588231067 -0700
+@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
+ 	char isomap[256][4]; 		/* by these strings */
+ 	char utf8map[256][8];
+ 
+-	char configfile[1025];
++	char configfile[2048];
+ 
+ 	char id3_author[80],
+ 		id3_title[80],
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/ebook2cw/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/ebook2cw/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cce10258cf3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/ebook2cw/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, lame, libvorbis }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "ebook2cw-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.2";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = "svn://svn.fkurz.net/ebook2cw/tags/${name}";
+    sha256 = "1mvp3nz3k76v757792n9b7fcm5jm3jcwarl1k7cila9fi0c2rsiw";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ lame libvorbis ];
+
+  patches = [ ./configfile.patch ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace gcc cc
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Convert ebooks to Morse MP3s/OGGs";
+    homepage = http://fkurz.net/ham/ebook2cw.html;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ earldouglas ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 83ef2978e8ce..a694d8172b69 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dump1090 = callPackage ../applications/misc/dump1090 { };
 
+  ebook2cw = callPackage ../applications/misc/ebook2cw { };
+
   vsenv = callPackage ../build-support/vsenv {
     vs = vs90wrapper;
   };