diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gist/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gist/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ac9901a8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gist/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, makeWrapper
+, ruby
+, rake
+}:
+
+let version = "v4.3.0";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gist-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/defunkt/gist/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "92b91ffe07cc51ca8576b091e7123b851ee0d7d2d3f0e21d18b19d8bd8f9aa47";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ rake makeWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    rake install prefix=$out
+
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/gist \
+      --prefix PATH : ${ruby}/bin \
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://defunkt.io/gist/";
+    description = "upload code to https://gist.github.com (or github enterprise)";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ce25a3e4a09..10b66552c0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -677,6 +677,8 @@ let
 
   fop = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/fop { };
 
+  gist = callPackage ../tools/text/gist { };
+
   mcrl = callPackage ../tools/misc/mcrl { };
 
   mcrl2 = callPackage ../tools/misc/mcrl2 { };