diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/portmidi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/portmidi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19eb390388b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/portmidi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, cmake, /*openjdk,*/ alsaLib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "portmidi-${version}";
+  version = "217";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/portmedia/portmidi-src-${version}.zip";
+    sha256 = "03rfsk7z6rdahq2ihy5k13qjzgx757f75yqka88v3gc0pn9ais88";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = let
+    #base = "${openjdk}/jre/lib/${openjdk.architecture}";
+  in [
+    "-DPORTMIDI_ENABLE_JAVA=0"
+    /* TODO: Fix Java support.
+    "-DJAVA_AWT_LIBRARY=${base}/libawt.so"
+    "-DJAVA_JVM_LIBRARY=${base}/server/libjvm.so"
+    */
+    "-DCMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=Release"
+    "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=Release"
+    "-DCMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=Release"
+  ];
+
+  # XXX: This is to deactivate Java support.
+  patches = stdenv.lib.singleton (fetchurl rec {
+    url = "https://raw.github.com/Rogentos/argent-gentoo/master/media-libs/"
+        + "portmidi/files/portmidi-217-cmake-libdir-java-opts.patch";
+    sha256 = "1jbjwan61iqq9fqfpq2a4fd30k3clg7a6j0gfgsw87r8c76kqf6h";
+  });
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i -e 's|/usr/local/|'"$out"'|' -e 's|/usr/share/|'"$out"'/share/|' \
+      pm_common/CMakeLists.txt pm_dylib/CMakeLists.txt pm_java/CMakeLists.txt
+    sed -i \
+        -e 's|-classpath .|-classpath '"$(pwd)"'/pm_java|' \
+        -e 's|pmdefaults/|'"$(pwd)"'/pm_java/&|g' \
+        -e 's|jportmidi/|'"$(pwd)"'/pm_java/&|g' \
+        -e 's/WORKING_DIRECTORY pm_java//' \
+        pm_java/CMakeLists.txt
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    ln -s libportmidi.so "$out/lib/libporttime.so"
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip cmake /*openjdk*/ alsaLib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://portmedia.sourceforge.net/portmidi/";
+    description = "Platform independent library for MIDI I/O";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b274c4043b..376a59a47f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5416,6 +5416,8 @@ let
 
   portaudioSVN = callPackage ../development/libraries/portaudio/svn-head.nix { };
 
+  portmidi = callPackage ../development/libraries/portmidi {};
+
   prison = callPackage ../development/libraries/prison { };
 
   proj = callPackage ../development/libraries/proj { };