diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df5f79541822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cppcheck, libmrss }:
+
+let version = "1.9"; in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rsstail-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    sha256 = "0igkkhwzhi2cxbfirmq5xgaidnv0gdhmh2w7052xqpyvzg069faf";
+    rev = "aab4fbcc5cdf82e439ea6abe562e9b648fc1a6ef";
+    repo = "rsstail";
+    owner = "flok99";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit version;
+    description = "Monitor RSS feeds for new entries";
+    longDescription = ''
+      RSSTail is more or less an RSS reader: it monitors an RSS feed and if it
+      detects a new entry it'll emit only that new entry.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.vanheusden.com/rsstail/;
+    license = with licenses; gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nckx ];
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libmrss ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional doCheck cppcheck;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr $out
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,share/man/man1}
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9239fd1074af..f3e32256a156 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2637,6 +2637,8 @@ let
 
   rrdtool = callPackage ../tools/misc/rrdtool { };
 
+  rsstail = callPackage ../applications/networking/feedreaders/rsstail { };
+
   rtorrent = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent { };
 
   rtorrent-git = callPackage ../tools/networking/p2p/rtorrent/git.nix { };