diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/config.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/config.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6e0eee29b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/config.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff --git a/default.build b/default.build
+index e48fd9e..b0dee4f 100644
+--- a/default.build
++++ b/default.build
+@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
+ 	<property name="skip.ast" value="False" />
+ 	<property name="skip.vs" value="False" />
+ 
+-	<property name="gsv.name" value="gtksourceview-1.0" />
++	<property name="gsv.name" value="gtksourceview-2.0" />
+ 	
+ 	<property name="build.dir" value="build" dynamic="True"/>
+ 	<property name="distrobuild.dir" value="distrobuild"/>
+ 	<property name="docs.dir" value="docs" />
+ 	<property name="examples.dir" value="examples" />
+ 
+-	<property name="install.prefix" value="/usr/local" />
++	<property name="install.prefix" value="$out" />
+ 	<property name="install.destdir" value="/" />
+ 
+ 	<property name="install.share" value="${path::combine(install.prefix,'share')}" />
+@@ -575,9 +575,9 @@
+ 		key files for mime detection, etc
+ 		-->
+ 
+-		<property name="sharedmime.prefix" value="${pkg-config::get-variable('shared-mime-info','prefix')}" />
++		<property name="sharedmime.prefix" value="$out" />
+ 		<property name="fakeroot.sharedmime" value="${fakeroot}/${sharedmime.prefix}" />
+-		<property name="gsv.prefix" value="${pkg-config::get-variable(gsv.name,'prefix')}" />
++		<property name="gsv.prefix" value="$out" />
+ 		<property name="fakeroot.gsv" value="${fakeroot}/${gsv.prefix}" />
+ 
+ 		<mkdir dir="${fakeroot.boolib}"/>
+@@ -707,9 +707,9 @@
+ 		key files for mime detection, etc
+ 		-->
+ 
+-		<property name="sharedmime.prefix" value="${pkg-config::get-variable('shared-mime-info','prefix')}" />
++		<property name="sharedmime.prefix" value="$out" />
+ 		<property name="fakeroot.sharedmime" value="${fakeroot}/${sharedmime.prefix}" />
+-		<property name="gsv.prefix" value="${pkg-config::get-variable(gsv.name,'prefix')}" />
++		<property name="gsv.prefix" value="$out" />
+ 		<property name="fakeroot.gsv" value="${fakeroot}/${gsv.prefix}" />
+ 		
+ 		<foreach item="File" property="filename">
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c57d4de8767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/boo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, dbus, mono, makeWrapper, nant
+, shared_mime_info, gtksourceview, gtk
+, targetVersion ? "4.5" }:
+
+let
+  release = "alpha";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "boo-${version}";
+  version = "2013-10-21";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "boo-lang";
+    repo = "boo";
+
+    rev = "${release}";
+    sha256 = "174abdwfpq8i3ijx6bwqll16lx7xwici374rgsbymyk8g8mla094";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig mono makeWrapper nant shared_mime_info gtksourceview
+    gtk
+  ];
+
+  patches = [ ./config.patch ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -e 's|\$out|'$out'|' -i default.build
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    nant -t:mono-4.5
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    nant install
+    cp $out/lib/mono/boo/*.dll $out/lib/boo/
+  '';
+
+  dontStrip = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "The Boo Programming Language";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2e511dc3ad4..f7dd3d59410 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4009,6 +4009,10 @@ let
 
   bigloo = callPackage ../development/compilers/bigloo { };
 
+  boo = callPackage ../development/compilers/boo {
+    inherit (gnome) gtksourceview;
+  };
+
   colm = callPackage ../development/compilers/colm { };
 
   fetchegg = callPackage ../build-support/fetchegg { };