diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 7cf38aa43fc..e639eb5aefb 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
   dpaetzel = "David Pätzel <david.a.paetzel@gmail.com>";
   drets = "Dmytro Rets <dmitryrets@gmail.com>";
   drewkett = "Andrew Burkett <burkett.andrew@gmail.com>";
+  dsferruzza = "David Sferruzza <david.sferruzza@gmail.com>";
   dtzWill = "Will Dietz <nix@wdtz.org>";
   e-user = "Alexander Kahl <nixos@sodosopa.io>";
   ebzzry = "Rommel Martinez <ebzzry@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/veracrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/veracrypt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3fa8924df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/veracrypt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, nasm, fuse, wxGTK30, devicemapper, makeself,
+  wxGUI ? true
+}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "veracrypt-${version}";
+  version = "1.19";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/${version}/+download/VeraCrypt_${version}_Source.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "111xs1zmic82lpn5spn0ca33q0g4za04a2k4cvjwdb7k3vcicq6v";
+  };
+
+  # The source archive appears to be compressed twice ...
+  unpackPhase =
+    ''
+      gzip -dc $src | tar xz
+      cd Vera*/src
+    '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeself nasm pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ fuse devicemapper ]
+    ++ optional wxGUI wxGTK30;
+  makeFlags = optionalString (!wxGUI) "NOGUI=1";
+
+  installPhase =
+    ''
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
+      cp Main/veracrypt $out/bin
+      mkdir -p $out/share/$name
+      cp License.txt $out/share/$name/LICENSE
+      mkdir -p $out/share/applications
+      sed "s,Exec=.*,Exec=$out/bin/veracrypt," Setup/Linux/veracrypt.desktop > $out/share/applications/veracrypt.desktop
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Free Open-Source filesystem on-the-fly encryption";
+    homepage = https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/;
+    license = "VeraCrypt License";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dsferruzza ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5cf7986ca01..8a96fade045 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4527,6 +4527,10 @@ with pkgs;
     python = python27;
   };
 
+  veracrypt = callPackage ../applications/misc/veracrypt {
+    wxGUI = true;
+  };
+
   vlan = callPackage ../tools/networking/vlan { };
 
   vmtouch = callPackage ../tools/misc/vmtouch { };