diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/utils.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/utils.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..430d7122179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/qemu/utils.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, qemu }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "qemu-utils-${version}";
+  version = qemu.version;
+
+  buildInputs = [ qemu ];
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+    cp "${qemu}/bin/qemu-img" "$out/bin/qemu-img"
+    cp "${qemu}/bin/qemu-io"  "$out/bin/qemu-io"
+    cp "${qemu}/bin/qemu-nbd" "$out/bin/qemu-nbd"
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cloud-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cloud-utils/default.nix
index 5408c39920b..cdd1891fb40 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/cloud-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/cloud-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper
 , gawk, gnused, utillinux, file
-, wget, python3, qemu, euca2ools
+, wget, python3, qemu-utils, euca2ools
 , e2fsprogs, cdrkit }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # according to https://packages.ubuntu.com/source/zesty/cloud-utils
   binDeps = [
-    wget e2fsprogs file gnused gawk utillinux qemu euca2ools cdrkit
+    wget e2fsprogs file gnused gawk utillinux qemu-utils euca2ools cdrkit
   ];
 
   postFixup = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f63b316752f..a628bb1f4e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20218,6 +20218,8 @@ in
     python = python3;
   };
 
+  qemu-utils = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/qemu/utils.nix {};
+
   qgis-unwrapped = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/gis/qgis/unwrapped.nix {
       withGrass = false;
   };