diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/siege/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/siege/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb588f36599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/siege/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    baseName="siege";
+    version="2.70";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    url="ftp://ftp.joedog.org/pub/siege/${name}.tar.gz";
+    hash="14fxfmfsqwyahc91w4vn3n8hvclf78n4k1xllqsrpvjb5asvrd1w";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "createDirs" "doMakeInstall"];
+
+  createDirs = a.fullDepEntry ''
+    ensureDir "$out/"{bin,lib,share/man,etc}
+  '' ["defEnsureDir"];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "HTTP load tester";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+    license = a.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://www.joedog.org/index/siege-home";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4249b987619..ff5a7ab2255 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1264,6 +1264,8 @@ let
 
   shebangfix = callPackage ../tools/misc/shebangfix { };
 
+  siege = callPackage ../tools/networking/siege {};
+
   slimrat = callPackage ../tools/networking/slimrat {
     inherit (perlPackages) WWWMechanize LWP;
   };