diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/vnstat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/vnstat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b20f862842c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/vnstat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "vnstat-1.9";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://humdi.net/vnstat/vnstat-1.9.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1migym0wig1s3b7d22ipxkd1p78sqc89dwx82qbf5hsb5q2fk4q1";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/{bin,sbin} $out/share/man/{man1,man5}
+    cp src/vnstat $out/bin
+    cp src/vnstatd $out/sbin
+    cp man/vnstat.1 man/vnstatd.1 $out/share/man/man1
+    cp man/vnstat.conf.5 $out/share/man/man5
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ncurses];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://humdi.net/vnstat/;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    description = "Console-based network statistics utility for Linux";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1e1d4463b53..284c051326b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7763,6 +7763,10 @@ let
     alsa = alsaLib;
   };
 
+  vnstat = import ../applications/networking/vnstat {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
+  };
+
   vorbisTools = import ../applications/audio/vorbis-tools {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libogg libvorbis libao pkgconfig curl glibc
       speex flac;