diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/babeltrace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/babeltrace/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d19bb24eb370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/babeltrace/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, libuuid, popt }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "babeltrace-1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.efficios.com/files/babeltrace/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "04jc1yd3aaq59fmpzswzc78cywpq7wzjfqdlsg7xc76ivb8cggfz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig glib libuuid popt ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Command-line tool and library to read and convert LTTng tracefiles";
+    homepage = http://www.efficios.com/babeltrace;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f47dcb408867..d7f7a9b467b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3302,6 +3302,8 @@ let
 
   avarice = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/avarice { };
 
+  babeltrace = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/babeltrace { };
+
   bam = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/bam {};
 
   binutils = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/binutils {