diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/string-machine/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/string-machine/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67053baa35f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/string-machine/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, boost, cairo, lv2, pkg-config }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "string-machine";
+  version = "unstable-2020-01-20";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jpcima";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "188082dd0beb9a3c341035604841c53675fe66c4";
+    sha256 = "0l9xrzp3f0hk6h320qh250a0n1nbd6qhjmab21sjmrlb4ngy672v";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs ./dpf/utils/generate-ttl.sh
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost cairo lv2
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jpcima/string-machine";
+    description = "Digital model of electronic string ensemble instrument";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.magnetophon ];
+    platforms = intersectLists platforms.linux platforms.x86;
+    license = licenses.boost;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 822e2ef525b..b0f055a3d91 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2062,6 +2062,8 @@ in
 
   step-cli = callPackage ../tools/security/step-cli { };
 
+  string-machine = callPackage ../applications/audio/string-machine { };
+
   bash-supergenpass = callPackage ../tools/security/bash-supergenpass { };
 
   sweep-visualizer = callPackage ../tools/misc/sweep-visualizer { };