diff --git a/pkgs/games/qtads/default.nix b/pkgs/games/qtads/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dda7799aacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/qtads/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, pkgconfig, qmake
+, SDL2, fluidsynth, libsndfile, libvorbis, mpg123, qtbase
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "qtads";
+  version = "2.1.99.2019-04-12";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "realnc";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "43289a830a18c66a293c2b1ee75a08e92e8dd5dc";
+    sha256 = "0zscf6nmjjc4i7c38iy8znv2s453xc49gn7knyi3g1l6iinjwbx7";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig qmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ SDL2 fluidsynth libsndfile libvorbis mpg123 qtbase ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = https://realnc.github.io/qtads/;
+    description = "Multimedia interpreter for TADS games";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ orivej ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 94b5c7a6641..11041b4b386 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22811,6 +22811,8 @@ in
 
   gshogi = python3Packages.callPackage ../games/gshogi {};
 
+  qtads = qt5.callPackage ../games/qtads { };
+
   gtetrinet = callPackage ../games/gtetrinet {
     inherit (gnome2) GConf libgnome libgnomeui;
   };