diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bb5bbc6d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, texinfo }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mtools-4.0.13";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/mtools/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1nj7lc2q1g66l3ma8z1c95nglf9himnr6k85b5rry99f9za7npbg";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ texinfo ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/;
+    description = "Utilities to access MS-DOS disks without mounting them";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 82b38fc931c..eee509f9a44 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -826,6 +826,8 @@ let
 
   mtdutils = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/mtdutils { };
 
+  mtools = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/mtools { };
+
   multitran = recurseIntoAttrs (let callPackage = newScope pkgs.multitran; in rec {
     multitrandata = callPackage ../tools/text/multitran/data { };