diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6122202b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/eventstat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchzip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "eventstat-${version}";
+  version = "0.02.02";
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/eventstat/eventstat-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1l1shcj3c0pxv1g6sqc10ka1crbx0cm2gldxbyrzqv2lmlfnmm44";
+  };
+  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $out/usr/* $out
+    rm -r $out/usr
+  '';
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple monitoring of system events";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b2e7c870edd..1b2d963c9f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1384,6 +1384,8 @@ let
 
   euca2ools = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/euca2ools { };
 
+  eventstat = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/eventstat { };
+
   evtest = callPackage ../applications/misc/evtest { };
 
   exempi = callPackage ../development/libraries/exempi { };