diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/memtester/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/memtester/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2663f3b852a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/memtester/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "memtester-${version}";
+  version = "4.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://pyropus.ca/software/memtester/old-versions/memtester-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "127xymmyzb9r6dxqrwd69v7gf8csv8kv7fjvagbglf3wfgyy5pzr";
+  };
+
+  installFlags = [ "INSTALLPATH=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A userspace utility for testing the memory subsystem for faults";
+    homepage = http://pyropus.ca/software/memtester/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.dezgeg ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1e55145c3123..ed6d668ad8c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1996,6 +1996,8 @@ let
 
   makebootfat = callPackage ../tools/misc/makebootfat { };
 
+  memtester = callPackage ../tools/system/memtester { };
+
   minidlna = callPackage ../tools/networking/minidlna { };
 
   mmv = callPackage ../tools/misc/mmv { };