diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cppcheck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cppcheck/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b152f0537e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/cppcheck/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+# TODO: add support for "make man"
+
+let
+  name = "cppcheck";
+  version = "1.53";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "${name}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${name}/${name}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "878db83d3954d0c45135362308da951ec0670a160c76a7410466a9b539e8677f";
+  };
+
+  configurePhase = "makeFlags=PREFIX=$out";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "check C/C++ code for memory leaks, mismatching allocation-deallocation, buffer overrun, etc.";
+    homepage = "http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/cppcheck/";
+    license = "GPL";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 88101ecf2956..f584dfcd26c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2981,6 +2981,8 @@ let
 
   cflow = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/cflow { };
 
+  cppcheck = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/cppcheck { };
+
   cscope = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/cscope { };
 
   csslint = callPackage ../development/web/csslint { };