diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/sshping/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/sshping/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20f0eaa7e471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/sshping/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libssh}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "sshping";
+  version = "0.1.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "spook";
+    repo = "sshping";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0p1fvpgrsy44yvj44xp9k9nf6z1fh0sqcjvy75pcb9f5icgms815";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libssh ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+      g++ -Wall -I ext/ -o bin/sshping src/sshping.cxx -lssh
+    '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+      install -Dm755 bin/sshping $out/bin/sshping
+    '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/spook/sshping";
+    description = "Measure character-echo latency and bandwidth for an interactive ssh session";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jqueiroz ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3e4dbf6c768c..69c35a22b776 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6325,6 +6325,8 @@ in
 
   sshguard = callPackage ../tools/security/sshguard {};
 
+  sshping = callPackage ../tools/networking/sshping {};
+
   suricata = callPackage ../applications/networking/ids/suricata {
     python = python3;
   };