diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/xemu/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/xemu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..482ea9e06fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/xemu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, lib
+, makeDesktopItem
+, copyDesktopItems
+, pkg-config
+, python3
+, ninja
+, meson
+, which
+, perl
+, wrapGAppsHook
+, glib
+, gtk3
+, libpcap
+, openssl
+, libepoxy
+, libsamplerate
+, SDL2
+, SDL2_image
+, mesa
+, libdrm
+, libGLU
+, gettext
+, vte
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "xemu";
+  version = "0.7.84";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "xemu-project";
+    repo = "xemu";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    hash = "sha256-pEXjwoQKbMmVNYCnh5nqP7k0acYOAp8SqxYZwPzVwDY=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    python3
+    python3.pkgs.pyyaml
+    ninja
+    which
+    meson
+    perl
+    wrapGAppsHook
+    copyDesktopItems
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    gtk3
+    openssl
+    mesa
+    libepoxy
+    libdrm
+    libpcap
+    libsamplerate
+    SDL2
+    libGLU
+    SDL2_image
+    gettext
+    vte
+  ];
+
+  separateDebugInfo = true;
+
+  dontUseMesonConfigure = true;
+
+  setOutputFlags = false;
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--disable-strip"
+    "--meson=meson"
+    "--target-list=i386-softmmu"
+    "--disable-werror"
+  ];
+
+  buildFlags = [ "qemu-system-i386" ];
+
+  desktopItems = [(makeDesktopItem {
+    name = "xemu";
+    desktopName = "xemu";
+    exec = "xemu";
+    icon = "xemu";
+  })] ;
+
+  preConfigure = let
+    branch = "master";
+    commit = "d8fa50e524c22f85ecb2e43108fd6a5501744351";
+  in ''
+    patchShebangs .
+    configureFlagsArray+=("--extra-cflags=-DXBOX=1 -Wno-error=redundant-decls")
+    substituteInPlace ./scripts/xemu-version.sh \
+      --replace 'date -u' "date -d @$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'"
+    # If the versions can't be obtained through git, the build process tries
+    # to run `XEMU_COMMIT=$(cat XEMU_COMMIT)` (and similar)
+    echo '${commit}' > XEMU_COMMIT
+    echo '${branch}' > XEMU_BRANCH
+    echo '${version}' > XEMU_VERSION
+  '';
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    cd build
+    substituteInPlace ./build.ninja --replace /usr/bin/env $(which env)
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,share}
+    cp qemu-system-i386 $out/bin/xemu
+
+    for RES in 16x16 24x24 32x32 48x48 128x128 256x256 512x512
+    do
+      mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/$RES/apps/
+      cp ../ui/icons/xemu_$RES.png $out/share/icons/hicolor/$RES/apps/xemu.png
+    done
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://xemu.app/";
+    description = "Original Xbox emulator";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5ee5baffcde7..8670703eaa05 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2267,6 +2267,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xcpc = callPackage ../applications/emulators/xcpc { };
 
+  xemu = callPackage ../applications/emulators/xemu { };
+
   yapesdl = callPackage ../applications/emulators/yapesdl { };
 
   zesarux = callPackage ../applications/emulators/zesarux { };