diff --git a/pkgs/cardinal/default.nix b/pkgs/cardinal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d2ac12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/cardinal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config
+, xorg, libxkbcommon, glew, glfw, jansson
+, libarchive, libsamplerate, speexdsp
+, python3
+}:
+
+let
+  quickjs-source = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "JerrySievert";
+    repo = "QuickJS";
+    rev = "b70d5344013836544631c361ae20569b978176c9";
+    sha256 = "hSWOGTmTJgtHVSBlEpv7w1qiyTgoAI1d7bQ66q59mik=";
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "Cardinal";
+  version = "2021-12-13alpha";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "DISTRHO";
+    repo = "Cardinal";
+    rev = "f998ee2ec31d3e0cd6a19fbb3b2a6f17971ace12";
+    sha256 = "fIfUP59AJaC92XfvA3gCtOgEUk0PMnPRkjvBWOo/PW8=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    cp -r ${quickjs-source} src/Rack/dep/QuickJS
+    chmod +rw -R src/Rack/dep/QuickJS
+
+    patchShebangs dpf/utils/*.sh
+  '';
+  #  cp -r ${pffft-source}/* dep/pffft
+  #  cp -r ${fuzzysearchdatabase-source}/* dep/fuzzysearchdatabase
+  #  cp -r ${nanovg-source}/* dep/nanovg
+  #  cp -r ${nanosvg-source}/* dep/nanosvg
+  #  cp -r ${osdialog-source}/* dep/osdialog
+  #  cp -r ${oui-blendish-source}/* dep/oui-blendish
+  #  cp dep/pffft/*.h dep/include
+  #  cp dep/fuzzysearchdatabase/src/*.hpp dep/include
+  #  cp dep/nanosvg/**/*.h dep/include
+  #  cp dep/nanovg/src/*.h dep/include
+  #  cp dep/osdialog/*.h dep/include
+  #  cp dep/oui-blendish/*.h dep/include
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config python3 ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    #libxkbcommon
+    #xorg.libXau
+    #xorg.libXdmcp
+    #xorg.libxcb
+    #xorg.xcbutil
+    #xorg.xcbutilcursor
+    #xorg.xcbutilimage
+    #xorg.xcbutilkeysyms
+    #xorg.xcbutilrenderutil
+    glew
+    glfw
+    jansson
+    libarchive
+    libsamplerate
+    speexdsp
+    xorg.libX11
+    xorg.libXext
+    xorg.libXrandr
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "SYSDEPS=true" "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "DPF-based plugin wrapper around VCV Rack, using its code directly instead of forking the project";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/DISTRHO/Cardinal";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jpotier ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index d2a617b..f077e29 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ final: prev:
 
   decentsampler = prev.callPackage ./decentsampler {};
 
+  cardinal = prev.callPackage ./cardinal {};
+
   # Originally from Mats Rauhala ®2018
   copy = prev.writeScriptBin "copy" ''
     function clean() {