diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/appdata-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/appdata-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..acacc4db15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/appdata-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoconf, automake, m4
+, intltool, glib, libsoup, gdk_pixbuf }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0_1_7";
+  name = "appdata_tools-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/hughsie/appdata-tools/archive/appdata_tools_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1bzqg4gy8gqhbk2qjizsm0b78li9mv84fb3d8qwfpxh7c7p360x8";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoconf automake m4 intltool glib
+                  libsoup gdk_pixbuf ];
+
+  configureScript = "./autogen.sh";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata";
+    description = "CLI designed to validate AppData descriptions for standards compliance and to the style guide";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lethalman ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9d88f1ff5eb..809a2a6b6ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -642,6 +642,8 @@ let
 
   apparix = callPackage ../tools/misc/apparix { };
 
+  appdata-tools = callPackage ../tools/misc/appdata-tools { };
+
   asciidoc = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/asciidoc {
     inherit (pythonPackages) matplotlib numpy aafigure recursivePthLoader;
     enableStandardFeatures = false;