diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 7a9f1de0a84..9a8e1d685dd 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@
   steveej = "Stefan Junker <mail@stefanjunker.de>";
   szczyp = "Szczyp <qb@szczyp.com>";
   sztupi = "Attila Sztupak <attila.sztupak@gmail.com>";
+  taeer = "Taeer Bar-Yam <taeer@necsi.edu>";
   tailhook = "Paul Colomiets <paul@colomiets.name>";
   taktoa = "Remy Goldschmidt <taktoa@gmail.com>";
   telotortium = "Robert Irelan <rirelan@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tldr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tldr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49c2736095e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tldr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{stdenv, clang, fetchurl, curl}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+let version = "1.0"; in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "tldr-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr-cpp-client/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "11k2pc4vfhx9q3cfd1145sdwhis9g0zhw4qnrv7s7mqnslzrrkgw";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    inherit version;
+    description = "Simplified and community-driven man pages";
+    longDescription = ''
+      tldr pages gives common use cases for commands, so you don't need to hunt through a man page for the correct flags.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://tldr-pages.github.io;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [maintainers.taeer];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [curl clang];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    cd src
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -d $prefix/bin
+    install tldr $prefix/bin
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ffbcf390405..25e65c43119 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3255,6 +3255,8 @@ let
 
   tlsdate = callPackage ../tools/networking/tlsdate { };
 
+  tldr = callPackage ../tools/misc/tldr { };
+
   tmate = callPackage ../tools/misc/tmate { };
 
   tmpwatch = callPackage ../tools/misc/tmpwatch  { };