diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 35e53664bbc..3de82db1cd9 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
   ertes = "Ertugrul Söylemez <ertesx@gmx.de>";
   falsifian = "James Cook <james.cook@utoronto.ca>";
   flosse = "Markus Kohlhase <mail@markus-kohlhase.de>";
+  funfunctor = "Edward O'Callaghan <eocallaghan@alterapraxis.com>";
   fuuzetsu = "Mateusz Kowalczyk <fuuzetsu@fuuzetsu.co.uk>";
   garbas = "Rok Garbas <rok@garbas.si>";
   goibhniu = "Cillian de Róiste <cillian.deroiste@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/flashrom/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/flashrom/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4e74359b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/flashrom/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libftdi, pciutils }:
+
+let version = "0.9.7"; in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "flashrom-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.flashrom.org/releases/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "5a55212d00791981a9a1cb0cdca9d9e58bea6d399864251e7b410b4d3d6137e9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libftdi pciutils ];
+
+  makeFlags = ["PREFIX=$out"];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://www.flashrom.org";
+    description = "Utility for reading, writing, erasing and verifying flash ROM chips";
+    license = "GPLv2";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.funfunctor ];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index af7443a056a..851bf546dcd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1049,6 +1049,8 @@ let
     platformTools = androidenv.platformTools;
   };
 
+  flashrom = callPackage ../tools/misc/flashrom { };
+
   flpsed = callPackage ../applications/editors/flpsed { };
 
   flvstreamer = callPackage ../tools/networking/flvstreamer { };