diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.4/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.4/default.nix
index e3eb9ba7af57..775239376d84 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.4/default.nix
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ pkgs.recurseIntoAttrs (rec {
     inherit automoc4 phonon;
   };
 
+  kdiff3 = import ./extragear/kdiff3 {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl cmake qt4 gettext perl;
+    inherit kdelibs kdebase;
+    inherit automoc4 phonon;
+  };
+
   kipiplugins = import ./extragear/kipi-plugins {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl lib cmake qt4 libxml2 libxslt gettext;
     inherit kdelibs kdepimlibs kdegraphics;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.4/extragear/kdiff3/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.4/extragear/kdiff3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d53fdbaf2e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.4/extragear/kdiff3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, qt4, perl, kdelibs, kdebase, automoc4, phonon, gettext}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "kdiff3-0.9.95";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/kdiff3/kdiff3/0.9.95/kdiff3-0.9.95.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0372cebc8957f256a98501a4ac3c3634c7ecffb486ece7e7819c90d876202f0f";   
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DGETTEXT_INCLUDE_DIR=${gettext}/include" ];
+
+  # kdebase allows having a konqueror plugin built
+  buildInputs = [ cmake qt4 perl kdelibs automoc4 phonon gettext kdebase ];
+}