diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/tab/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/tab/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b7855bc7532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/tab/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromBitbucket, python2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "7.2";
+  pname = "tab";
+
+  src = fetchFromBitbucket {
+    owner = "tkatchev";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1bm15lw0vp901dj2vsqx6yixmn7ls3brrzh1w6zgd1ksjzlm5aax";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python2 ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  checkTarget = "test";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm555 -t $out/bin tab
+    install -Dm444 -t $out/share/doc/tab docs/*.html
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Programming language/shell calculator";
+    homepage    = https://tkatchev.bitbucket.io/tab/;
+    license     = licenses.boost;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mstarzyk ];
+    platforms   = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 562ffa3c743..d4a8b1d9cae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5589,6 +5589,8 @@ in
   plex = callPackage ../servers/plex { };
   plexRaw = callPackage ../servers/plex/raw.nix { };
 
+  tab = callPackage ../tools/text/tab { };
+
   tautulli = callPackage ../servers/tautulli { python = python2; };
 
   ploticus = callPackage ../tools/graphics/ploticus {