diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7da45c596ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "collectd-5.4.0";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://collectd.org/files/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0gljf5c60q6i0nrii6addxy1p76qqixww8zy17a7a1zil6a3i5wh";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://collectd.org;
+    description = "collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = "GPLv2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 191a91b5cbb2..1ab78b6f9f1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -631,6 +631,8 @@ let
 
   convertlit = callPackage ../tools/text/convertlit { };
 
+  collectd = callPackage ../tools/system/collectd { };
+
   colormake = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/colormake { };
 
   cowsay = callPackage ../tools/misc/cowsay { };