diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nftables/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nftables/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8dd56ab9e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nftables/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, docbook2x, docbook_xml_dtd_45
+, flex, bison, libmnl, libnftnl, gmp, readline }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "nftables-0.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0bww48hc424svxfx3fpqxmbmp0n42ahs1f28f5f6g29d8i2jcdsd";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "CONFIG_MAN=y"
+    "DB2MAN=docbook2man"
+  ];
+
+  XML_CATALOG_FILES = "${docbook_xml_dtd_45}/xml/dtd/docbook/catalog.xml";
+
+  buildInputs = [ docbook2x flex bison libmnl libnftnl gmp readline ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "the project that aims to replace the existing {ip,ip6,arp,eb}tables framework";
+    homepage = http://netfilter.org/projects/nftables;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 11658e22d907..a671f50dc600 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7683,6 +7683,8 @@ let
     libpng = libpng15;
   };
 
+  nftables = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/nftables { };
+
   numactl = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/numactl { };
 
   gocode = callPackage ../development/tools/gocode { };