diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index 69f7c7a..0201b7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ self: super:
 
   wineNoGS = super.wineStaging.override { gstreamerSupport = false; };
 
+  surge = super.callPackage ./surge {};
+
   vim-samae = super.callPackage ./vim {};
 
   reaper-samae = super.callPackage ./reaper {};
diff --git a/pkgs/surge/default.nix b/pkgs/surge/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10d109b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/surge/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{ stdenv
+, cmake
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, ncurses
+, which
+, getopt
+, python3
+, pkg-config
+, premake5
+, libxkbcommon
+, xorg
+, cairo
+, rsync
+}:
+
+let
+  _version = "1.6.5";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "surge";
+  version = _version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "surge-synthesizer";
+    repo = "surge";
+    rev = "release_${_version}";
+    sha256 = "1gajlncl3pcxw9xii55sn29hf2bwcn6gs7npi4l664pkihnba0mx";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    ncurses
+    which
+    getopt
+    python3
+    premake5
+    pkg-config
+    cmake
+    rsync
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cairo
+    libxkbcommon
+    xorg.libxcb
+    xorg.xcbutilcursor
+    xorg.xcbutilkeysyms
+  ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    patchShebangs ./build-linux.sh
+    sed -i "s+/usr+$out+" build-linux.sh
+    ./build-linux.sh --help
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    # mkdir build
+    # cmake . -Bbuild
+    # make -j surge-headless -C build
+    # premake5 --cc=gcc --os=linux gmake2
+    # make -j config=release_x64 surge-vst3 surge-lv2 surge-vst2
+    # These appear to be the only supported projects
+    # https://github.com/surge-synthesizer/surge/blob/master/azure-pipelines.yml#L29
+    ./build-linux.sh build --project=lv2
+    ./build-linux.sh build --project=vst3
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/Surge $out/lib/vst3 $out/lib/lv2
+    cp -r resources/data                $out/share/Surge/
+    cp -r target/vst3/Release/Surge.so  $out/lib/vst3/
+    cp -r target/lv2/Release/Surge.lv2  $out/lib/lv2/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Synthesizer plug-in originally by Claes Johanson";
+    homepage = "https://surge-synthesizer.github.io";
+
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpotier ];
+  };
+}