diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/musical-spectrum.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/musical-spectrum.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de371bfb552d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/musical-spectrum.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ deadbeef
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fftw
+, glib
+, gtk3
+, lib
+, pkg-config
+, stdenv
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "deadbeef-musical-spectrum-plugin";
+  version = "unstable-2020-07-01";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "cboxdoerfer";
+    repo = "ddb_musical_spectrum";
+    rev = "a97fd4e1168509911ab43ba32d815b5489000a06";
+    sha256 = "0p33wyqi27y0q1mvjv5nn6l3vvqlg6b8yd6k2l07bax670bl0q3g";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ deadbeef fftw glib gtk3 ];
+  makeFlags = [ "gtk3" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/deadbeef
+    install -v -c -m 644 gtk3/ddb_vis_musical_spectrum_GTK3.so $out/lib/deadbeef/
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Musical spectrum plugin for the DeaDBeeF music player";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/ddb_musical_spectrum";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ddelabru ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0125c5c9f3cf..9d462e5bec3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26101,6 +26101,7 @@ with pkgs;
     headerbar-gtk3 = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/headerbar-gtk3.nix { };
     lyricbar = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/lyricbar.nix { };
     mpris2 = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/mpris2.nix { };
+    musical-spectrum = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/musical-spectrum.nix { };
     statusnotifier = callPackage ../applications/audio/deadbeef/plugins/statusnotifier.nix { };
   };