diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/lnch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/lnch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56372f5c0274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/lnch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildGoPackage }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  pname = "lnch";
+  version = "2017-02-16";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/oem/${pname}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "oem";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "f24eed5392f01d2c8a9cfe9cdf70dcfbbf4b6b36";
+    sha256 = "0skzrjnbxq1yj7y64cq7angp4wqnrgw1xp9v8vw9zp8f8zwmpy0y";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mitchellh/gox";
+    description = "A small go app that launches a process and moves it out of the process group";
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.publicDomain; # really I don't know
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d6cd401b320a..bbe30905f76f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4648,6 +4648,8 @@ in
 
   lnav = callPackage ../tools/misc/lnav { };
 
+  lnch = callPackage ../tools/misc/lnch { };
+
   loadlibrary = callPackage ../tools/misc/loadlibrary { };
 
   loc = callPackage ../development/misc/loc { };