diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 4d85ad9a2b28..27e62c30517b 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@
   manveru = "Michael Fellinger <m.fellinger@gmail.com>";
   marcweber = "Marc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de>";
   markus1189 = "Markus Hauck <markus1189@gmail.com>";
+  markuskowa = "Markus Kowalewski <markus.kowalewski@gmail.com>";
   markWot = "Markus Wotringer <markus@wotringer.de>";
   martijnvermaat = "Martijn Vermaat <martijn@vermaat.name>";
   martingms = "Martin Gammelsæter <martin@mg.am>";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/airspy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/airspy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b73cc09eaec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/airspy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake , pkgconfig, libusb
+}:
+
+let
+  version = "1.0.9";
+in  
+  stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "airspy-${version}";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "airspy";
+      repo = "airspyone_host";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "04kx2p461sqd4q354n1a99zcabg9h29dwcnyhakykq8bpg3mgf1x";
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
+    buildInputs = [ libusb ];
+ 
+    cmakeFlags = [ "-DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=OFF" ];
+   
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      homepage = http://github.com/airspy/airspyone_host;
+      description = "Host tools and driver library for the AirSpy SDR";
+      license = licenses.free;
+      platforms = platforms.linux;
+      maintainer = with maintainers; [ markuskowa ];
+    };
+  }
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cbd8327121ff..475065d2d02c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   airsonic = callPackage ../servers/misc/airsonic { };
 
+  airspy = callPackage ../applications/misc/airspy { };
+
   aj-snapshot  = callPackage ../applications/audio/aj-snapshot { };
 
   albert = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/albert {};