diff --git a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/euca2ools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/euca2ools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c846371f108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/euca2ools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, which, pythonPackages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "euca2ools-1.3.1";
+  namePrefix = "";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://eucalyptussoftware.com/downloads/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1k4hakbxqsv2gzcdrf6dbyrpnajcan9yilddhs47cg7lgqw7b41f";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+
+  buildInputs = [ which pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
+
+  pythonPath = [ pythonPackages.setuptools pythonPackages.boto pythonPackages.m2crypto pythonPackages.ssl ];
+
+  preBuild =
+    ''
+      substituteInPlace Makefile --replace "-o root" ""
+    
+      substituteInPlace euca2ools/Makefile \
+        --replace 'python setup.py install' "python setup.py install --prefix=$out"
+    '';
+
+  postInstall = "wrapPythonPrograms";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://open.eucalyptus.com/downloads;
+    description = "Tools for interacting with Amazon EC2/S3-compatible cloud computing services";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index de555d4582d..ea1d8435119 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ let
 
   ethtool = callPackage ../tools/misc/ethtool { };
 
+  euca2ools = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/euca2ools { };
+
   exif = callPackage ../tools/graphics/exif { };
 
   exiftags = callPackage ../tools/graphics/exiftags { };