diff --git a/pkgs/games/uqm/3dovideo.nix b/pkgs/games/uqm/3dovideo.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca5a1197a327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/uqm/3dovideo.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{ stdenv, requireFile, writeText, fetchurl, haskellPackages }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+let
+  makeSpin = num: let
+    padded = (optionalString (lessThan num 10) "0") + toString num;
+  in "slides.spins.${padded} = 3DOVID:" +
+     "addons/3dovideo/spins/ship${padded}.duk:" +
+     "addons/3dovideo/spins/spin.aif:" +
+     "addons/3dovideo/spins/ship${padded}.aif:89";
+
+  videoRMP = writeText "3dovideo.rmp" (''
+    slides.ending = 3DOVID:addons/3dovideo/ending/victory.duk
+    slides.intro = 3DOVID:addons/3dovideo/intro/intro.duk
+  '' + concatMapStrings makeSpin (range 0 24));
+
+  helper = with haskellPackages; mkDerivation {
+    pname = "uqm3donix";
+    version = "0.1.0.0";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://github.com/aszlig/uqm3donix/archive/v0.1.0.0.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0d40gpc3bqkw68varjxwgbdzxw0dvwqksijmvij5ixmlcspbjgvb";
+    };
+
+    isLibrary = false;
+    isExecutable = true;
+
+    buildDepends = [ base binary bytestring filepath tar ];
+
+    description = "Extract video files from a Star Control II 3DO image";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "uqm-3dovideo";
+
+  src = requireFile rec {
+    name = "videos.tar";
+    sha256 = "044h0cl69r0kc43vk4n0akk0prwzb7inq324h5yfqb38sd4zkds1";
+    message = ''
+      In order to get the intro and ending sequences from the 3DO version, you
+      need to have the original 3DO Star Control II CD. Create an image from the
+      CD and use uqm3donix* to extract a tarball with the videos from it. The
+      reason for this is because the 3DO uses its own proprietary disk format.
+
+      Save the file as videos.tar and use "nix-prefetch-url file://${name}" to
+      add it to the Nix store.
+
+      [*] ${helper}/bin/uqm3donix CDIMAGE ${name}
+    '';
+  };
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    mkdir -vp "$out"
+    tar xf "$src" -C "$out" --strip-components=3
+    cp "${videoRMP}" "$out/3dovideo.rmp"
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/uqm/default.nix b/pkgs/games/uqm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d233d383384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/uqm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+, pkgconfig, mesa
+, SDL, SDL_image, libpng, zlib, libvorbis, libogg, libmikmod, unzip
+
+, use3DOVideos ? false, requireFile ? null, writeText ? null
+, haskellPackages ? null
+
+, useRemixPacks ? false
+}:
+
+assert use3DOVideos -> requireFile != null && writeText != null
+                    && haskellPackages != null;
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+let
+  videos = import ./3dovideo.nix {
+    inherit stdenv requireFile writeText fetchurl haskellPackages;
+  };
+
+  remixPacks = imap (num: sha256: fetchurl rec {
+    name = "uqm-remix-disc${toString num}.uqm";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/sc2/${name}";
+    inherit sha256;
+  }) [
+    "1s470i6hm53l214f2rkrbp111q4jyvnxbzdziqg32ffr8m3nk5xn"
+    "1pmsq65k8gk4jcbyk3qjgi9yqlm0dlaimc2r8hz2fc9f2124gfvz"
+    "07g966ylvw9k5q9jdzqdczp7c5qv4s91xjlg4z5z27fgcs7rzn76"
+    "1l46k9aqlcp7d3fjkjb3n05cjfkxx8rjlypgqy0jmdx529vikj54"
+  ];
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "uqm-${version}";
+  version = "0.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/sc2/uqm-${version}-source.tgz";
+    sha256 = "08dj7fsvflxx69an6vpf3wx050mk0ycmdv401yffrrqbgxgmqsd3";
+  };
+
+  content = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/sc2/uqm-${version}-content.uqm";
+    sha256 = "1gx39ns698hyczd4nx73mr0z86bbi4q3h8sw3pxjh1lzla5xpxmq";
+  };
+
+  voice = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/sc2/uqm-${version}-voice.uqm";
+    sha256 = "0yf9ff5sxk229202gsa7ski6wn7a8hkjjyr1yr7mjdxsnh0zik5w";
+  };
+
+  music = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/sc2/uqm-${version}-3domusic.uqm";
+    sha256 = "10nbvcrr0lc0mxivxfkcbxnibwk3vwmamabrlvwdsjxd9pk8aw65";
+  };
+
+
+ /* uses pthread_cancel(), which requires libgcc_s.so.1 to be
+    loadable at run-time. Adding the flag below ensures that the
+    library can be found. Obviously, though, this is a hack. */
+  NIX_LDFLAGS="-lgcc_s";
+
+  buildInputs = [SDL SDL_image libpng libvorbis libogg libmikmod unzip pkgconfig mesa];
+
+  postUnpack = ''
+    mkdir -p uqm-${version}/content/packages
+    mkdir -p uqm-${version}/content/addons
+    ln -s "$content" "uqm-${version}/content/packages/uqm-0.7.0-content.uqm"
+    ln -s "$music" "uqm-${version}/content/addons/uqm-0.7.0-3domusic.uqm"
+    ln -s "$voice" "uqm-${version}/content/addons/uqm-0.7.0-voice.uqm"
+  '' + optionalString useRemixPacks (concatMapStrings (disc: ''
+    ln -s "${disc}" "uqm-$version/content/addons/${disc.name}"
+  '') remixPacks) + optionalString use3DOVideos ''
+    ln -s "${videos}" "uqm-${version}/content/addons/3dovideo"
+  '';
+
+  /* uqm has a 'unique' build system with a root script incidentally called
+ * 'build.sh'. */
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    echo "INPUT_install_prefix_VALUE='$out'" >> config.state
+    echo "INPUT_install_bindir_VALUE='$out/bin'" >> config.state
+    echo "INPUT_install_libdir_VALUE='$out/lib'" >> config.state
+    echo "INPUT_install_sharedir_VALUE='$out/share'" >> config.state
+    PREFIX=$out ./build.sh uqm config
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    ./build.sh uqm
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ./build.sh uqm install
+    sed -i $out/bin/uqm -e "s%/usr/local/games/%$out%g"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Remake of Star Control II";
+    longDescription = ''
+    The goals for the The Ur-Quan Masters project are:
+      - to bring Star Control II to modern platforms, thereby making a lot of people happy
+      - to make game translations easy, thereby making even more people happy
+      - to adapt the code so that people can more easily make their own spin-offs, thereby making zillions more people happy!
+    '';
+    homepage = http://sc2.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jcumming aszlig ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f08ecfeb5bd9..6bac3bfc57bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13126,6 +13126,8 @@ let
 
   unvanquished = callPackage ../games/unvanquished { };
 
+  uqm = callPackage ../games/uqm { };
+
   urbanterror = callPackage ../games/urbanterror { };
 
   ue4demos = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../games/ue4demos { });