diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix
index c13bb1b329d..6608e32e8bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "rsync-${version}";
   version = "3.1.2";
 
-  mainSrc = fetchurl {
-    # signed with key 0048 C8B0 26D4 C96F 0E58  9C2F 6C85 9FB1 4B96 A8C5
-    url = "mirror://samba/rsync/src/rsync-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1hm1q04hz15509f0p9bflw4d6jzfvpm1d36dxjwihk1wzakn5ypc";
-  };
+  mainSrc = import ./src.nix { inherit fetchurl version; };
 
   patchesSrc = fetchurl {
     # signed with key 0048 C8B0 26D4 C96F 0E58  9C2F 6C85 9FB1 4B96 A8C5
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/rrsync.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/rrsync.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..044a01993f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/rrsync.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, rsync }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rrsync-${version}";
+  version = "3.1.2";
+
+  src = import ./src.nix { inherit fetchurl version; };
+
+  buildInputs = [ rsync ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [perl];
+
+  # Skip configure and build phases.
+  # We just want something from the support directory
+  configurePhase = "true";
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i 's#/usr/bin/rsync#${rsync}/bin/rsync#' support/rrsync
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp support/rrsync $out/bin
+    chmod a+x $out/bin/rrsync
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://rsync.samba.org/;
+    description = "A helper to run rsync-only environments from ssh-logins.";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ simons ehmry ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/src.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/src.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6896d2c598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/src.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ version, fetchurl }:
+
+fetchurl {
+  # signed with key 0048 C8B0 26D4 C96F 0E58  9C2F 6C85 9FB1 4B96 A8C5
+  url = "mirror://samba/rsync/src/rsync-${version}.tar.gz";
+  sha256 = "1hm1q04hz15509f0p9bflw4d6jzfvpm1d36dxjwihk1wzakn5ypc";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5e8312764dd..ebbd1edce0d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13225,6 +13225,7 @@ let
     enableACLs = !(stdenv.isDarwin || stdenv.isSunOS || stdenv.isFreeBSD);
     enableCopyDevicesPatch = (config.rsync.enableCopyDevicesPatch or false);
   };
+  rrsync = callPackage ../applications/networking/sync/rsync/rrsync.nix {};
 
   rtl-sdr = callPackage ../applications/misc/rtl-sdr { };