diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index d28b9609a7..17471b0a12 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/swig.scm				\
   %D%/packages/sxiv.scm				\
   %D%/packages/synergy.scm			\
+  %D%/packages/syndication.scm			\
   %D%/packages/task-management.scm		\
   %D%/packages/tbb.scm				\
   %D%/packages/tcl.scm				\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/syndication.scm b/gnu/packages/syndication.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4668de0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/syndication.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages syndication)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages curl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages databases)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ruby)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages web))
+
+(define-public newsbeuter
+  (package
+    (name "newsbeuter")
+    (version "2.9")
+    (source
+      (origin
+        (method url-fetch)
+        (uri (string-append "https://newsbeuter.org/downloads/newsbeuter-"
+                            version ".tar.gz"))
+        (sha256
+         (base32
+          "1j1x0hgwxz11dckk81ncalgylj5y5fgw5bcmp9qb5hq9kc0vza3l"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     '(#:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'configure
+           (lambda _
+             (substitute* "config.sh"
+               ;; try to remove this at the next release
+               (("ncursesw5") "ncursesw6"))
+             #t)))
+       #:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
+       #:test-target "test"))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("gettext" ,gnu-gettext)
+       ("perl" ,perl)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+       ("ruby" ,ruby))) ; for tests
+    (inputs
+     `(("curl" ,curl)
+       ("json-c" ,json-c)
+       ("ncurses" ,ncurses)
+       ("stfl" ,stfl)
+       ("sqlite" ,sqlite)
+       ("libxml2" ,libxml2)))
+    (home-page "https://newsbeuter.org/")
+    (synopsis "Text mode rss feed reader with podcast support")
+    (description "Newsbeuter is an innovative RSS feed reader for the text
+console.  It supports OPML import/exports, HTML rendering, podcast (podbeuter),
+offline reading, searching and storing articles to your filesystem, and many
+more features.  Its user interface is coherent, easy to use, and might look
+common to users of @command{mutt} and @command{slrn}.")
+    (license (list license:gpl2+ ; filter/*
+                   license:x11))))