diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/hpe-ltfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/hpe-ltfs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d289febe1f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/hpe-ltfs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fuse, icu, pkgconfig, libxml2, libuuid }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "3.4.2_Z7550-02501";
+  pname = "hpe-ltfs";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    rev = version;
+    owner = "nix-community";
+    repo = "hpe-ltfs";
+    sha256 = "193593hsc8nf5dn1fkxhzs1z4fpjh64hdkc8q6n9fgplrpxdlr4s";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "source/ltfs";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ 
+    fuse icu libxml2 libuuid
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "HPE's implementation of the open-source tape filesystem standard ltfs";
+    homepage = https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/km/product/1009214665/Product;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.redvers ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    downloadPage = https://github.com/nix-community/hpe-ltfs;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f37719176301..71e114686aac 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -915,6 +915,8 @@ in
 
   glyr = callPackage ../tools/audio/glyr { };
 
+  hpe-ltfs = callPackage ../tools/backup/hpe-ltfs { };
+
   httperf = callPackage ../tools/networking/httperf { };
 
   ili2c = callPackage ../tools/misc/ili2c { };