diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/pdsh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/pdsh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10837bea71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/pdsh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, readline, ssh, pam}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec
+{
+  name = "pdsh-2.16";
+  meta =
+  {
+    homepage = "https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/pdsh.html";
+    description = "A high-performance, parallel remote shell utility.";
+    license = "GPLv2";
+  };
+  src = fetchurl
+  {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/pdsh/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "8891cd3b175d3075f7c71fa4ee2b077306117ada5dd8c0966caaa3b74eca3a3e";
+  };
+  patches = [ ./fix-missing-sys-types-h.patch ];
+  buildInputs = [perl readline ssh pam];
+  # Setting --with-machines=$out in configureFlags doesn't seem to work,
+  # so I specify configurePhase instead.
+  configurePhase = "./configure --prefix=$out --with-machines=$out/etc/machines"
+                 + " " + (if readline == null then "--without-readline" else "--with-readline")
+                 + " " + (if ssh == null then "--without-ssh" else "--with-ssh")
+                 + " " + (if pam == null then "--without-pam" else "--with-pam")
+                 + " --with-dshgroups"
+                 + " --with-xcpu"
+                 + " --without-genders"
+                 + " --without-mqshell"
+                 + " --without-mrsh"
+                 + " --without-netgroup"
+                 + " --without-nodeattr"
+                 + " --without-nodeupdown"
+                 + " --without-qshell"
+                 + " --without-slurm"
+                 + " --enable-fast-install"
+                 + " --disable-dependency-tracking"
+                 + " --disable-debug"
+                 ;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/pdsh/fix-missing-sys-types-h.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/pdsh/fix-missing-sys-types-h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6077e4e755c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/pdsh/fix-missing-sys-types-h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- pdsh-2.16/src/common/hostlist.h	2008-01-29 18:35:48.000000000 +0100
++++ pdsh-2.16-patched/src/common/hostlist.h	2008-07-07 21:14:12.000000000 +0200
+@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
+ #ifndef _HOSTLIST_H
+ #define _HOSTLIST_H
+ 
++#include <sys/types.h>
++
+ /* Notes:
+  *
+  * If WITH_LSD_FATAL_ERROR_FUNC is defined, the linker will expect to
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4d057338423..56a24b2dd7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -920,6 +920,13 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  pdsh = import ../tools/networking/pdsh {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl;
+    readline = if getPkgConfig "pdsh" "readline" true then readline else null;
+    ssh = if getPkgConfig "pdsh" "ssh" true then openssh else null;
+    pam = if getPkgConfig "pdsh" "pam" true then pam else null;
+  };
+
   pinentry = import ../tools/misc/pinentry {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig x11;
     inherit (gnome) glib gtk;