diff --git a/pkgs/applications/accessibility/dasher/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/accessibility/dasher/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e8084e7a87a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/accessibility/dasher/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, wrapGAppsHook
+, glib, gtk3, expat, gnome-doc-utils, which
+, at-spi2-core, dbus
+, libxslt, libxml2
+, speechSupport ? true, speechd ? null
+}:
+
+assert speechSupport -> speechd != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "dasher";
+  version = "2018-04-03";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dasher-project";
+    repo = "dasher";
+    rev = "9ab12462e51d17a38c0ddc7f7ffe1cb5fe83b627";
+    sha256 = "1r9xn966nx3pv2bidd6i3pxmprvlw6insnsb38zabmac609h9d9s";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    # tries to invoke git for something, probably fetching the ref
+    echo "true" > build-aux/mkversion
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = lib.optional (!speechSupport) "--disable-speech";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    wrapGAppsHook
+    pkgconfig
+    # doc generation
+    gnome-doc-utils
+    which
+    libxslt libxml2
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    gtk3
+    expat
+    # at-spi2 needs dbus to be recognized by pkg-config
+    at-spi2-core dbus
+  ] ++ lib.optional speechSupport speechd;
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.inference.org.uk/dasher/;
+    description = "Information-efficient text-entry interface, driven by natural continuous pointing gestures";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.Profpatsch ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2b7cce26b53..a1268532fae2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1536,6 +1536,8 @@ in
 
   dante = callPackage ../servers/dante { };
 
+  dasher = callPackage ../applications/accessibility/dasher { };
+
   datamash = callPackage ../tools/misc/datamash { };
 
   datasette = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication datasette;