diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/color-theme-solarized/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/color-theme-solarized/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35f9bd3ceb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/color-theme-solarized/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{stdenv, fetchgit, emacs, colorTheme}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "color-theme-6.5.5";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/sellout/emacs-color-theme-solarized.git;
+    rev = "6a2c7ca0181585858e6e8054cb99db837e2ef72f";
+    sha256 = "3c46a3d66c75ec4456209eeafdb03282148b289b12e8474f6a8962f3894796e8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ emacs ];
+  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ colorTheme ];
+
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    emacs -L . -L ${colorTheme}/share/emacs/site-lisp --batch -f batch-byte-compile *.el
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+    install *.el* $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Precision colors for machines and people";
+    homepage = http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3bf99d48c3e..23ffba7bdcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8508,6 +8508,8 @@ let
 
     colorTheme = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/color-theme { };
 
+    colorThemeSolarized = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/color-theme-solarized { };
+
     cryptol = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/cryptol { };
 
     cua = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/cua { };