diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix
index 33dbfe5bf0a..3133602b44e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,40 @@
 { stdenv, fetchgit, asciidoc, docbook_xsl, libxslt }:
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name    = "trace-cmd-${version}";
-  version = "2.6";
+  version = "2.8.3";
 
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url    = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/trace-cmd.git";
-    rev    = "refs/tags/trace-cmd-v${version}";
-    sha256 = "15d6b7l766h2mamqgphx6l6a33b1zn0yar2h7i6b24ph6kz3idxn";
-  };
+  src = fetchgit (import ./src.nix);
 
-  buildInputs = [ asciidoc libxslt ];
+  patches = [ ./fix-Makefiles.patch ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ asciidoc libxslt ];
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "lib" "dev" "man" ];
+
+  MANPAGE_DOCBOOK_XSL="${docbook_xsl}/xml/xsl/docbook/manpages/docbook.xsl";
 
   dontConfigure = true;
-  buildPhase     = "make prefix=$out MANPAGE_DOCBOOK_XSL=${docbook_xsl}/xml/xsl/docbook/manpages/docbook.xsl all doc";
-  installPhase   = "make prefix=$out install install_doc";
 
-  meta = {
+  buildPhase = "make trace-cmd libs doc";
+
+  installTargets = [ "install_cmd" "install_libs" "install_man" ];
+  installFlags = [
+    "bindir=${placeholder "out"}/bin"
+    "man_dir=${placeholder "man"}/share/man"
+    "libdir=${placeholder "lib"}/lib"
+    "includedir=${placeholder "dev"}/include/trace-cmd"
+    "BASH_COMPLETE_DIR=${placeholder "out"}/etc/bash_completion.d"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $dev/include/trace-cmd/traceevent $dev/include/traceevent
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "User-space tools for the Linux kernel ftrace subsystem";
-    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
-    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
+    homepage    = http://kernelshark.org/;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice basvandijk ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/fix-Makefiles.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/fix-Makefiles.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d6f5c5d8bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/fix-Makefiles.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
+index 21e42fd..826361d 100644
+--- a/Documentation/Makefile
++++ b/Documentation/Makefile
+@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ $(IMGS_INSTALL): %.png.install : %.png force
+ 
+ GUI_INSTALL = $(HTML_INSTALL) $(IMGS_INSTALL)
+ 
+-install: $(MAN1_INSTALL) $(MAN5_INSTALL) $(GUI_INSTALL)
++install_man: $(MAN1_INSTALL) $(MAN5_INSTALL)
++
++install_gui: $(GUI_INSTALL)
++
++install: install_man install_gui
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	(cd $(obj); \
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 2bcc383..107ead0 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ libtraceevent.a: $(LIBTRACEEVENT_STATIC)
+ libtracecmd.a: $(LIBTRACECMD_STATIC)
+ libtracecmd.so: $(LIBTRACECMD_SHARED)
+ 
+-libs: $(LIBTRACECMD_SHARED) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_SHARED)
++libs: $(LIBTRACECMD_SHARED) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_SHARED) $(LIBTRACECMD_STATIC) $(LIBTRACEEVENT_STATIC)
+ 
+ plugins: force $(obj)/plugins/trace_plugin_dir $(obj)/plugins/trace_python_dir
+ 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(src)/plugins
+@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ install_gui: install_cmd gui
+ install_libs: libs
+ 	$(Q)$(call do_install,$(LIBTRACECMD_SHARED),$(libdir_SQ))
+ 	$(Q)$(call do_install,$(LIBTRACEEVENT_SHARED),$(libdir_SQ))
++	$(Q)$(call do_install,$(LIBTRACECMD_STATIC),$(libdir_SQ))
++	$(Q)$(call do_install,$(LIBTRACEEVENT_STATIC),$(libdir_SQ))
+ 	$(Q)$(call do_install,$(src)/include/traceevent/event-parse.h,$(includedir_SQ)/traceevent)
+ 	$(Q)$(call do_install,$(src)/include/traceevent/trace-seq.h,$(includedir_SQ)/traceevent)
+ 	$(Q)$(call do_install,$(src)/include/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.h,$(includedir_SQ))
+@@ -356,6 +358,12 @@ doc:
+ doc_clean:
+ 	$(MAKE) -C $(src)/Documentation clean
+ 
++install_man:
++	$(MAKE) -C $(src)/Documentation install_man
++
++install_gui_docs:
++	$(MAKE) -C $(src)/Documentation install_gui
++
+ install_doc:
+ 	$(MAKE) -C $(src)/Documentation install
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e49af77139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, mkDerivation, fetchgit, qtbase, cmake, json_c, mesa_glu, freeglut, trace-cmd, pkg-config }:
+mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "kernelshark";
+  version = "0.9.8";
+
+  src = fetchgit (import ./src.nix);
+
+  patches = [ ./fix-Makefiles.patch ];
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
+
+  preConfigure = "pushd kernel-shark";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase json_c mesa_glu freeglut pkg-config ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-D_INSTALL_PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
+    "-DTRACECMD_BIN_DIR=${trace-cmd}/bin"
+    "-DTRACECMD_INCLUDE_DIR=${trace-cmd.dev}/include"
+    "-DTRACECMD_LIBRARY=${trace-cmd.lib}/lib/libtracecmd.a"
+    "-DTRACEEVENT_LIBRARY=${trace-cmd.lib}/lib/libtraceevent.a"
+  ];
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    popd
+    make install_gui_docs prefix=$doc
+    pushd kernel-shark/build
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GUI for trace-cmd which is an interface for the Linux kernel ftrace subsystem";
+    homepage    = http://kernelshark.org/;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ basvandijk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/src.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/src.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..836e71b1851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/src.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  url    = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.git/";
+  rev    = "138c70106835ee0f05879e7f2f46bca8dae7ca99"; # branch: trace-cmd-stable-v2.8
+  sha256 = "1grpip7lywf98nsm7ql1d6bgc0ky0672savr8jz3a8hf9ny265nx";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 93e059ff75a..bba947163f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6399,6 +6399,8 @@ in
 
   trace-cmd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/trace-cmd { };
 
+  kernelshark = libsForQt5.callPackage ../os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix { };
+
   traceroute = callPackage ../tools/networking/traceroute { };
 
   tracebox = callPackage ../tools/networking/tracebox { };