diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/cloc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/cloc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfe5476f813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/cloc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, AlgorithmDiff, RegexpCommon }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  
+  name = "cloc-${version}";
+
+  version = "1.58";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/cloc/cloc-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1k92jldy4m717lh1xd6yachx3l2hhpx76qhj1ipnx12hsxw1zc8w";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl AlgorithmDiff RegexpCommon ];
+
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    mkdir ${name}
+    tar xf $src -C ${name}
+    cd ${name}
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [ "prefix=" "DESTDIR=$(out)" "INSTALL=install" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A program that counts lines of source code";
+    homepage = http://cloc.sourceforge.net;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 896d9ee99c9..4afdd3f4990 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -587,6 +587,10 @@ let
 
   clamav = callPackage ../tools/security/clamav { };
 
+  cloc = callPackage ../tools/misc/cloc {
+    inherit (perlPackages) perl AlgorithmDiff RegexpCommon;
+  };
+
   cloog = callPackage ../development/libraries/cloog { };
 
   cloogppl = callPackage ../development/libraries/cloog-ppl { };