diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cpuminer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cpuminer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b32d9531d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/cpuminer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, curl, jansson }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cpuminer-${version}";
+  version = "2.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/cpuminer/pooler-${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "10xnb58w90kq8xgnkk0z99c0b9p9pxhkhkcs9dml5pgxfrlakckg";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ curl jansson ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/pooler/cpuminer;
+    description = "CPU miner for Litecoin and Bitcoin";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 46a41ed45459..66df6460a1da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -697,6 +697,8 @@ let
 
   cowsay = callPackage ../tools/misc/cowsay { };
 
+  cpuminer = callPackage ../tools/misc/cpuminer { };
+
   cuetools = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/cuetools { };
 
   unifdef = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/unifdef { };