diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mrtg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mrtg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..043cbf1edf18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mrtg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gd, rrdtool }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  version = "2.17.4";
+  name = "mrtg-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/pub/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0r93ipscfp7py0b1dcx65s58q7dlwndqhprf8w4945a0h2p7zyjy";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    perl gd rrdtool
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The Multi Router Traffic Grapher";
+    homepage = http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.robberer ];
+  }; 
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 35881630fa82..97450c4652ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1769,6 +1769,8 @@ let
 
   mr = callPackage ../applications/version-management/mr { };
 
+  mrtg = callPackage ../tools/misc/mrtg { };
+
   mscgen = callPackage ../tools/graphics/mscgen { };
 
   msf = builderDefsPackage (import ../tools/security/metasploit/3.1.nix) {