diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d433fdee39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, libxml2, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "aria2-1.9.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/aria2/stable/${name}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "04vnvq5f797bbyrrv1kzvnv8h02f4wbhvsl34syi4gygimfrwkrn";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl libxml2 zlib ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://aria2.sourceforge.net/;
+    description = "A lightweight, multi-protocol, multi-source, command-line download utility";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0d87a3c0987..363727e6292 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -371,6 +371,10 @@ let
   aria = builderDefsPackage (import ../tools/networking/aria) {
   };
 
+  aria2 = import ../tools/networking/aria2 {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv openssl libxml2 zlib;
+  };
+
   at = import ../tools/system/at {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv bison flex pam ssmtp;
   };