diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fbed4e905cfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/deadcode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ buildGoPackage
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+# TODO(yl): should we package https://github.com/remyoudompheng/go-misc instead of
+# the standalone extract of deadcode from it?
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "deadcode-unstable-${version}";
+  version = "2016-07-24";
+  rev = "210d2dc333e90c7e3eedf4f2242507a8e83ed4ab";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/tsenart/deadcode";
+  excludedPackages = "\\(cmd/fillswitch/test-fixtures\\)";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit rev;
+
+    owner = "tsenart";
+    repo = "deadcode";
+    sha256 = "05kif593f4wygnrq2fdjhn7kkcpdmgjnykcila85d0gqlb1f36g0";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "deadcode is a very simple utility which detects unused declarations in a Go package.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/remyoudompheng/go-misc/tree/master/deadcode;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 76ee48be1f4a..ce5d202eaca2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit dhall-nix;
   };
 
+  deadcode = callPackage ../development/tools/deadcode { };
+
   diffPlugins = (callPackage ../build-support/plugins.nix {}).diffPlugins;
 
   dieHook = makeSetupHook {} ../build-support/setup-hooks/die.sh;