diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpustat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpustat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c0d206a8d1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cpustat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cpustat";
+  version = "0.02.09";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "12xahv65yrhs5r830clkl1qnwg3dnrk5qn3zsznzbv1iy2f3cj7y";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  installFlags = [
+    "BINDIR=${placeholder "out"}/bin"
+    "MANDIR=${placeholder "out"}/share/man/man8"
+  ];
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "CPU usage monitoring tool";
+    homepage = "https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/cpustat/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7668880edbf2..5782a52f659d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15408,6 +15408,8 @@ in
 
   cifs-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cifs-utils { };
 
+  cpustat = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cpustat { };
+
   cockroachdb = callPackage ../servers/sql/cockroachdb { };
 
   conky = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/conky ({