diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3f18b1353c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/riemann-c-client/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconfig, file, protobufc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "riemann-c-client-${version}";
+
+  version = "1.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/algernon/riemann-c-client/archive/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "10nz20svf1nb6kymwp0x49nvwnxakby33r6jsadish1fjcvzki88";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig file protobufc ];
+
+  preConfigure = "autoreconf -i";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/algernon/riemann-c-client";
+    description = "A C client library for the Riemann monitoring system";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rickynils ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 599dcc42619..18eae973577 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1941,6 +1941,8 @@ let
 
   rdmd = callPackage ../development/compilers/rdmd { };
 
+  riemann_c_client = callPackage ../tools/misc/riemann-c-client { };
+
   ripmime = callPackage ../tools/networking/ripmime {};
 
   rkflashtool = callPackage ../tools/misc/rkflashtool { };