diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cachefilesd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cachefilesd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99cb7d264fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cachefilesd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cachefilesd-${version}";
+  version = "0.10.9";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://people.redhat.com/dhowells/fscache/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1jkb3qd8rcmli3g2qgcpp1f9kklil4qgy86w7pg2cpv10ikyr5y8";
+  };
+
+  installFlags = [
+    "ETCDIR=$(out)/etc"
+    "SBINDIR=$(out)/sbin"
+    "MANDIR=$(out)/share/man"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Local network file caching management daemon";
+    homepage = "https://people.redhat.com/dhowells/fscache/";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9f6623d57e7..34f048f298a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10456,6 +10456,8 @@ in
 
   busybox = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/busybox { };
 
+  cachefilesd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cachefilesd { };
+
   cgmanager = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cgmanager { };
 
   checkpolicy = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/checkpolicy { };