diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index feb3bd95372..fff8a372e29 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
   manveru = "Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@gmail.com>";
   marcweber = "Marc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de>";
   matejc = "Matej Cotman <cotman.matej@gmail.com>";
+  matthiasbeyer = "Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de>";
   meditans = "Carlo Nucera <meditans@gmail.com>";
   meisternu = "Matt Miemiec <meister@krutt.org>";
   michelk = "Michel Kuhlmann <michel@kuhlmanns.info>";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cortex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cortex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79d19f45a25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cortex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, python3 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cortex";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/gglucas/cortex";
+    rev = "e749de6c21aae02386f006fd0401d22b9dcca424";
+    sha256 = "d5d59c5257107344122c701eb370f3740f9957b6b898ac798d797a4f152f614c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ stdenv python3 ];
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace cortex --replace "/usr/bin/env python3" "${python3}/bin/python3"
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp cortex $out/bin/
+    chmod +x $out/bin/cortex
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://cortex.glacicle.org";
+    description = "An ncurses reddit browser and monitor";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f961c21ec1f..895977fc4fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9468,6 +9468,8 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) libgnomeui GConf;
   };
 
+  cortex = callPackage ../applications/misc/cortex { };
+
   csound = callPackage ../applications/audio/csound { };
 
   cinepaint = callPackage ../applications/graphics/cinepaint {