diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/fping/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/fping/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c51c8f59ff76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/fping/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "fping-3.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.fping.org/dist/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1zkawlk6lcqw6nakqnl3v0x1cwnxrx2lmg9q6j76mw9i96pjh9fl";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://fping.org/";
+    description = "A program to send ICMP echo probes to network hosts.";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d65840d153c7..575e903e87c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -759,6 +759,8 @@ let
   fox = callPackage ../development/libraries/fox/default.nix { };
   fox_1_6 = callPackage ../development/libraries/fox/fox-1.6.nix { };
 
+  fping = callPackage ../tools/networking/fping {};
+
   fprot = callPackage ../tools/security/fprot { };
 
   freeipmi = callPackage ../tools/system/freeipmi {};