diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/go-symbols/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/go-symbols/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a8b592b038d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/go-symbols/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildGoPackage, fetchgit }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "go-symbols-${version}";
+  version = "unstable-2017-02-06";
+  rev = "5a7f75904fb552189036c640d04cd6afef664836";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/acroca/go-symbols";
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    inherit rev;
+    url = "https://github.com/acroca/go-symbols";
+    sha256 = "0qh2jjhwwk48gi8yii0z031bah11anxfz81nwflsiww7n426a8bb";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A utility for extracting a JSON representation of the package symbols from a go source tree.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/acroca/go-symbols;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ vdemeester ];
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/go-symbols/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/go-symbols/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a333b58bec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/go-symbols/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/tools";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/golang/tools";
+      rev = "96b5a5404f303f074e6117d832a9873c439508f0";
+      sha256 = "1h6r9xyp1v3w2x8d108vzghn65l6ia2h895irypmrwymfcp30y42";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 214d9a1139e2..08947519fb41 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13328,6 +13328,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   go-protobuf = callPackage ../development/tools/go-protobuf { };
 
+  go-symbols = callPackage ../development/tools/go-symbols { };
+
   gocode = callPackage ../development/tools/gocode { };
 
   goconvey = callPackage ../development/tools/goconvey { };