diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d7f5103b667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/numactl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "numactl-1.0.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://oss.sgi.com/www/projects/libnuma/download/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0hbrrh7a8cradj1xdl3wvyp9afx1hzsk90g2lkwd5pn6bniai31j";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i "Makefile" -es"|^ *prefix *:=.*$|prefix := $out|g"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Library and tools for non-uniform memory access (NUMA) machines";
+    license = [ "LGPLv2.1" # library
+                "GPLv2"    # command-line tools
+	      ];
+    homepage = http://oss.sgi.com/projects/libnuma/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d05333c1f4e9..b5f53210e88d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4457,6 +4457,10 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  numactl = import ../os-specific/linux/numactl {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   nvidiaDrivers = import ../os-specific/linux/nvidia {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl kernel xlibs gtkLibs;
   };