diff --git a/gnu-system.am b/gnu-system.am
index 73c3771f73..eeadd8fdc6 100644
--- a/gnu-system.am
+++ b/gnu-system.am
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   gnu.scm					\
   gnu/artwork.scm				\
   gnu/packages.scm				\
+  gnu/packages/aarddict.scm			\
   gnu/packages/abiword.scm			\
   gnu/packages/acct.scm				\
   gnu/packages/acl.scm				\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/aarddict.scm b/gnu/packages/aarddict.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33bd7b4ac9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/aarddict.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2015 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; 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 aarddict)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (gpl3))
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages qt))
+
+(define-public aarddict
+  (package
+    (name "aarddict")
+    (version "0.9.3")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "https://github.com/aarddict/desktop/archive/"
+                          version ".tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32
+        "12h7m0z7nd7rg8avpi9syd265k0rhh4vbdh464nq0jzdg8m9p28c"))))
+    (build-system python-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("python2-pyicu" ,python2-pyicu)
+       ("python2-pyqt-4" ,python2-pyqt-4)
+       ("python2-setuptools" ,python2-setuptools)
+       ("python2-simplejson" ,python2-simplejson)
+       ("python2-sip" ,python2-sip)))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:python ,python-2 ; incompatible with Python 3
+       #:phases
+        (alist-cons-before
+         'build 'configure
+         ;; Force data into the output instead of the python package.
+         (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+           (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+             (substitute* "setup.py"
+               (("sys.prefix") (string-append "'" out "'")))))
+         %standard-phases)))
+    (home-page "http://aarddict.org/index.html")
+    (synopsis
+     "Dictionary program and offline Wikipedia reader")
+    (description
+     "Aard Dictionary is a free, fast, easy to use word lookup program that
+looks up words fast even with huge dictionaries like English Wikipedia;
+looks up words in multiple dictionaries in multiple languages without
+switching;
+works great as offline Wikipedia reader;
+is keyboard navigation friendly;
+has efficient, highly compressed dictionary data storage format with
+ability to verify data integrity built-in.")
+    (license gpl3)))