diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/dog/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/dog/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c98da6ac85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/dog/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dog-1.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://archive.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dog/dog_1.7.orig.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "3ef25907ec5d1dfb0df94c9388c020b593fbe162d7aaa9bd08f35d2a125af056";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/man/man1
+    cp dog.1 $out/man/man1
+    cp dog $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://lwn.net/Articles/421072/";
+    description = "a cat replacement";
+    license="GPLv2+";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [qknight];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 200881c916a6..4653d1f6cb94 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -915,6 +915,8 @@ let
     inherit (perlPackages) XMLSAX XMLParser XMLNamespaceSupport;
   };
 
+  dog = callPackage ../tools/system/dog { };
+
   dosfstools = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/dosfstools { };
 
   dotnetfx35 = callPackage ../development/libraries/dotnetfx35 { };