diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 78de8ca2c44..5e9ab78a955 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
   cstrahan = "Charles Strahan <charles.c.strahan@gmail.com>";
   cwoac = "Oliver Matthews <oliver@codersoffortune.net>";
   DamienCassou = "Damien Cassou <damien@cassou.me>";
+  davidak = "David Kleuker <post@davidak.de>";
   davidrusu = "David Rusu <davidrusu.me@gmail.com>";
   dbohdan = "Danyil Bohdan <danyil.bohdan@gmail.com>";
   DerGuteMoritz = "Moritz Heidkamp <moritz@twoticketsplease.de>";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/iops/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/iops/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..300fe59a97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/iops/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "iops-${version}";
+  version = "0.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.vanheusden.com/iops/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "1knih6dwwiicycp5ml09bj3k8j7air9bng070sfnxwfv786y90bz";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp iops $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Measure I/O operations per second of a storage device";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Iops lets you measure how many I/O operations per second a storage device can perform.
+      Usefull for determing e.g. the best RAID-setting of your storage device.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.vanheusden.com/iops/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; davidak;
+    platforms = with platforms; unix;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b42c2c40228..918bb4d4c05 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1877,9 +1877,11 @@ let
 
   inetutils = callPackage ../tools/networking/inetutils { };
 
-  innoextract = callPackage ../tools/archivers/innoextract {};
+  innoextract = callPackage ../tools/archivers/innoextract { };
 
-  ioping = callPackage ../tools/system/ioping {};
+  ioping = callPackage ../tools/system/ioping { };
+
+  iops = callPackage ../tools/system/iops { };
 
   iodine = callPackage ../tools/networking/iodine { };