diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/mbox/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/mbox/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7034d69d0e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/mbox/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openssl, which }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mbox-20140526";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tsgates";
+    repo = "mbox";
+    rev = "a131424b6cb577e1c916bd0e8ffb2084a5f73048";
+    sha256 = "06qggqxnzcxnc34m6sbafxwr2p64x65m9zm5wp7pwyarcckhh2hd";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl which ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cd src
+    cp {.,}configsbox.h
+  '';
+  
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    rm tests/test-*vim.sh tests/test-pip.sh
+
+    patchShebangs ./; dontPatchShebags=1
+    sed -i 's|^/bin/||' tests/test-fileops.sh
+
+    ./testall.sh
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib;
+    { description = "Lightweight sandboxing mechanism that any user can use without special privileges";
+      homepage = http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/mbox/;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ emery ];
+      license = licenses.bsd3;
+      platforms = platforms.linux;
+    };
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b998b9835c0e..090929eba23c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1631,6 +1631,8 @@ let
 
   man_db = callPackage ../tools/misc/man-db { };
 
+  mbox = callPackage ../tools/security/mbox { };
+
   memtest86 = callPackage ../tools/misc/memtest86 { };
 
   memtest86plus = callPackage ../tools/misc/memtest86+ { };