diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/apktool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/apktool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a415ffd152d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/apktool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, jre, buildTools }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "apktool-${version}";
+  version = "1.5.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://android-apktool.googlecode.com/files/apktool${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha1 = "2dd828cf79467730c7406aa918f1da1bd21aaec8";
+  };
+
+  unpackCmd = ''
+    tar -xvf $src || true
+    cd apktool*
+  '';
+
+  phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -D apktool.jar "$out/libexec/apktool/apktool.jar"
+    ensureDir "$out/bin"
+    makeWrapper "${jre}/bin/java" "$out/bin/apktool" \
+        --add-flags "-jar $out/libexec/apktool/apktool.jar" \
+        --prefix PATH : "${buildTools}/build-tools/android-4.3/"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A tool for reverse engineering Android apk files";
+    homepage    = https://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/;
+    license     = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b3e88a61b9d4..7fc5bd53244d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -462,6 +462,10 @@ let
 
   analog = callPackage ../tools/admin/analog {};
 
+  apktool = callPackage ../development/tools/apktool {
+    buildTools = androidenv.buildTools;
+  };
+
   apt-offline = callPackage ../tools/misc/apt-offline { };
 
   archivemount = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/archivemount { };