diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/scanmem/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/scanmem/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e21da0deca2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/scanmem/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, autoconf, automake, intltool, libtool, fetchFromGitHub, readline }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.15.2";
+  name = "scanmem-${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "scanmem";
+    repo   = "scanmem";
+    rev    = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0f93ac5rycf46q60flab5nl7ksadjls13axijg5j5wy1yif0k094";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake intltool libtool readline ];
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/scanmem/scanmem";
+    description = "Memory scanner for finding and poking addresses in executing processes";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.chattered  ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f515868a7bd9..eceaf669abc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10141,6 +10141,8 @@ let
 
   sassc = callPackage ../development/tools/sassc { };
 
+  scanmem = callPackage ../tools/misc/scanmem { };
+
   schedtool = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/schedtool { };
 
   sdparm = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/sdparm { };