diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/buildtorrent/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/buildtorrent/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..064c836f843e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/buildtorrent/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+let version = "0.8"; in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "buildtorrent";
+
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = "http://mathr.co.uk/blog/code/${name}-${version}.tar.gz";
+		sha256 = "e8e27647bdb38873ac570d46c1a9689a92b01bb67f59089d1cdd08784f7052d0";
+	};
+
+	meta = {
+		description = "A simple commandline torrent creator";
+		homepage = http://mathr.co.uk/blog/torrent.html;
+		license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+		platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+	};
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 690ca4c0bd43..3e7db8866c0f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -707,6 +707,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   btrbk = callPackage ../tools/backup/btrbk { };
 
+  buildtorrent = callPackage ../tools/misc/buildtorrent { };
+
   bwm_ng = callPackage ../tools/networking/bwm-ng { };
 
   byobu = callPackage ../tools/misc/byobu {