diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/nbench/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/nbench/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2312ce236abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/nbench/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "nbench-byte-${version}";
+  version = "2.2.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.math.utah.edu/~mayer/linux/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1b01j7nmm3wd92ngvsmn2sbw43sl9fpx4xxmkrink68fz1rx0gbj";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ stdenv.cc.libc.static ];
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace nbench1.h --replace '"NNET.DAT"' "\"$out/NNET.DAT\""
+  '';
+  preBuild = ''
+    makeFlagsArray=(CC=$CC)
+  '';
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp nbench $out/bin
+    cp NNET.DAT $out
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://www.math.utah.edu/~mayer/linux/bmark.html;
+    description = "A synthetic computing benchmark program";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ bennofs ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c1977b4fb7aa..702cc2a354a2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3778,6 +3778,8 @@ with pkgs;
     pythonPackages = python3Packages;
   };
 
+  nbench = callPackage ../tools/misc/nbench { };
+
   netdata = callPackage ../tools/system/netdata {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation IOKit;
   };