diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/lr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/lr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47233532df3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/lr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+let
+  version = "0.2";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "lr-${version}";
+  inherit version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "chneukirchen";
+    repo = "lr";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1wn1j0cf84r4nli92myf3waackh2p6r2hkavgx6533x15kdyfnf7";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://github.com/chneukirchen/lr";
+    description = "List files recursively";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.globin];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index be51cff6fe5..e103d1e5b53 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2236,6 +2236,8 @@ let
 
   lout = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/lout { };
 
+  lr = callPackage ../tools/system/lr { };
+
   lrzip = callPackage ../tools/compression/lrzip { };
 
   # lsh installs `bin/nettle-lfib-stream' and so does Nettle.  Give the