diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index f720906534..fce90055cb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 David Thompson <davet@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Theodoros Foradis <theodoros.for@openmailbox.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages engineering)
   #:use-module (guix store)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (gnu packages)
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages engineering)
   #:use-module (gnu packages boost)
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages curl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages flex)
   #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gd)
@@ -55,9 +58,14 @@ (define-module (gnu packages engineering)
   #:use-module (gnu packages maths)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python)
   #:use-module (gnu packages qt)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages swig)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tcl)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tex)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages wxwidgets)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
 
 (define-public librecad
@@ -588,3 +596,87 @@ (define-public ao
 language.")
       (license (list license:lgpl2.1+             ;library
                      license:gpl2+)))))           ;Guile bindings
+
+;; We use kicad from a git commit, because support for boost 1.61.0 has been
+;; recently added.
+(define-public kicad
+  (let ((commit "4ee344e150bfaf3a6f3f7bf935fb96ae07c423fa")
+        (revision "1"))
+    (package
+      (name "kicad")
+      (version (string-append "4.0-" revision "."
+                              (string-take commit 7)))
+      (source
+       (origin
+         (method git-fetch)
+         (uri (git-reference
+               (url "https://git.launchpad.net/kicad")
+               (commit commit)))
+         (sha256
+          (base32 "0kf6r92nps0658i9n3p9vp5dzbssmc22lvjv5flyvnlf83l63s4n"))
+         (file-name (string-append name "-" version "-checkout"))))
+      (build-system cmake-build-system)
+      (arguments
+       `(#:out-of-source? #t
+         #:tests? #f ; no tests
+         #:configure-flags
+         (list "-DKICAD_STABLE_VERSION=ON"
+               "-DKICAD_REPO_NAME=stable"
+               ,(string-append "-DKICAD_BUILD_VERSION=4.0-"
+                               (string-take commit 7))
+               "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+               "-DKICAD_SKIP_BOOST=ON"; Use our system's boost library.
+               "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING=ON"
+               "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON"
+               "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON"
+               ;; Has to be set explicitely, as we don't have the wxPython
+               ;; headers in the wxwidgets store item, but in wxPython.
+               (string-append "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-I"
+                              (assoc-ref %build-inputs "wxpython")
+                              "/include/wx-3.0")
+               "-DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=TRUE"
+               ;; TODO: Enable this when CA certs are working with curl.
+               "-DBUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=OFF")
+         #:phases
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           (add-after 'install 'wrap-program
+             ;; Ensure correct Python at runtime.
+             (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+               (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                      (python (assoc-ref inputs "python"))
+                      (file (string-append out "/bin/kicad"))
+                      (path (string-append
+                             out
+                             "/lib/python2.7/site-packages:"
+                             (getenv "PYTHONPATH"))))
+                 (wrap-program file
+                   `("PYTHONPATH" ":" prefix (,path))
+                   `("PATH" ":" prefix
+                     (,(string-append python "/bin:")))))
+               #t)))))
+      (native-inputs
+       `(("boost" ,boost)
+         ("gettext" ,gnu-gettext)
+         ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+         ("swig" ,swig)
+         ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+      (inputs
+       `(("cairo" ,cairo)
+         ("curl" ,curl)
+         ("desktop-file-utils" ,desktop-file-utils)
+         ("glew" ,glew)
+         ("glm" ,glm)
+         ("hicolor-icon-theme" ,hicolor-icon-theme)
+         ("libsm" ,libsm)
+         ("mesa" ,mesa)
+         ("openssl" ,openssl)
+         ("python" ,python-2)
+         ("wxwidgets" ,wxwidgets-gtk2)
+         ("wxpython" ,python2-wxpython)))
+      (home-page "http://kicad-pcb.org/")
+      (synopsis "Electronics Design Automation Suite")
+      (description "Kicad is a program for the formation of printed circuit
+boards and electrical circuits.  The software has a number of programs that
+perform specific functions, for example, pcbnew (Editing PCB), eeschema (editing
+electrical diagrams), gerbview (viewing Gerber files) and others.")
+      (license license:gpl3+))))