diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
index 4e6a673d311a..4d662cf52a99 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/default.nix
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ rec {
   mate-desktop = callPackage ./mate-desktop { };
   mate-icon-theme = callPackage ./mate-icon-theme { };
   mate-icon-theme-faenza = callPackage ./mate-icon-theme-faenza { };
+  mate-terminal = callPackage ./mate-terminal { };
   mate-themes = callPackage ./mate-themes { };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-terminal/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-terminal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dd380f39477a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-terminal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgs, pkgconfig, wrapGAppsHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name      = "mate-terminal-${version}";
+  version   = "${major-ver}.${minor-ver}";
+  major-ver = "1.17";
+  minor-ver = "0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "http://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${major-ver}/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0sbncykjf0ifj87rwpdw2ln0wavykiki4zqsw60vch7agh49fw0f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+     intltool
+     pkgconfig
+     glib
+     itstool
+     libxml2
+
+     mate.mate-desktop
+
+     gnome3.vte
+     gnome3.gtk
+     gnome3.dconf
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig wrapGAppsHook ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "The MATE Terminal Emulator";
+    homepage    = "http://mate-desktop.org";
+    license     = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}