diff --git a/makefu/5pkgs/default.nix b/makefu/5pkgs/default.nix
index 8caab433e..c64ee036e 100644
--- a/makefu/5pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/makefu/5pkgs/default.nix
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ in
     nodemcu-uploader = callPackage ./nodemcu-uploader {};
     mycube-flask = callPackage ./mycube-flask {};
     tw-upload-plugin = callPackage ./tw-upload-plugin {};
+    taskserver = callPackage ./taskserver {};
   };
 }
diff --git a/makefu/5pkgs/taskserver/default.nix b/makefu/5pkgs/taskserver/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1502b4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefu/5pkgs/taskserver/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, libuuid, gnutls, makeWrapper }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "taskserver-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.taskwarrior.org/download/taskd-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1d110q9vw8g5syzihxymik7hd27z1592wkpz55kya6lphzk8i13v";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    pkipath=$out/share/taskd/pki
+    mkdir -p $pkipath
+    cp -r pki/* $pkipath
+    echo "patching paths in pki/generate"
+    sed -i "s#^\.#$pkipath#" $pkipath/generate
+    for f in $pkipath/generate* ;do
+      i=$(basename $f)
+      echo patching $i
+      sed -i \
+          -e 's/which/type -p/g' \
+          -e 's#^\. ./vars#if test -e ./vars;then . ./vars; else echo "cannot find ./vars - copy the template from '$pkipath'/vars into the working directory";exit 1; fi#' $f
+
+      echo wrapping $i
+      makeWrapper  $pkipath/$i $out/bin/taskd-pki-$i \
+        --prefix PATH : ${gnutls}/bin/
+    done
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake libuuid gnutls ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Server for synchronising Taskwarrior clients";
+    homepage = http://taskwarrior.org;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ matthiasbeyer makefu ];
+  };
+}