diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ario/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/ario/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3840d06dd467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ario/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gettext, gtk2, expat, intltool, libgcrypt,
+  libunique, gnutls, libxml2, curl, mpd_clientlib, dbus_glib, libnotify,
+  libsoup, avahi, taglib
+  }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.5.1";
+  name = "ario-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/ario-player/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "07n97618jv1ilxnm5c6qj9zjz0imw3p304mn4hjbjkk3p0d2hc88";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./glib-single-include.patch ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig gettext gtk2 expat intltool libgcrypt libunique gnutls
+    libxml2 curl mpd_clientlib dbus_glib libnotify libsoup avahi taglib
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GTK2 client for MPD (Music player daemon)";
+    homepage = "http://ario-player.sourceforge.net/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.garrison ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/ario/glib-single-include.patch b/pkgs/applications/audio/ario/glib-single-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45e0a1738f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/ario/glib-single-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
+Origin: vendor
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/665506
+Subject: Including individual glib headers no longer supported
+
+--- a/src/ario-profiles.h
++++ b/src/ario-profiles.h
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ #ifndef __ARIO_PROFILES_H
+ #define __ARIO_PROFILES_H
+ 
+-#include <glib/gslist.h>
++#include <glib.h>
+ #include "servers/ario-server.h"
+ 
+ G_BEGIN_DECLS
+--- a/src/plugins/ario-plugin-info.c
++++ b/src/plugins/ario-plugin-info.c
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <glib/gi18n.h>
+-#include <glib/gkeyfile.h>
++#include <glib.h>
+ 
+ #include "plugins/ario-plugin-info-priv.h"
+ #include "ario-debug.h"
+--- a/src/ario-util.h
++++ b/src/ario-util.h
+@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
+  */
+ 
+ #include "servers/ario-server.h"
+-#include "glib/gslist.h"
+-#include "gdk/gdkpixbuf.h"
++#include <glib.h>
++#include <gdk/gdkpixbuf.h>
+ 
+ /* Number of covers used to generate the drag & drop image */
+ #define MAX_COVERS_IN_DRAG 3
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 919339045012..411087396cb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9771,6 +9771,8 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) libgnomecanvas libgnomecanvasmm;
   });
 
+  ario = callPackage ../applications/audio/ario { };
+
   arora = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/arora { };
 
   atom = callPackage ../applications/editors/atom {