diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tmpwatch/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tmpwatch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2257fb50293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tmpwatch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "tmpwatch-2.11";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://fedorahosted.org/releases/t/m/tmpwatch/tmpwatch-2.11.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1m5859ngwx61l1i4s6fja2avf1hyv6w170by273w8nsin89825lk";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://fedorahosted.org/tmpwatch/;
+    description = "The tmpwatch utility recursively searches through specified directories and removes files which have not been accessed in a specified period of time.";
+    licence = "GPLv2";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ vlstill ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index be875c2a88e..a81c58d55c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1893,6 +1893,8 @@ let
 
   tinc = callPackage ../tools/networking/tinc { };
 
+  tmpwatch = callPackage ../tools/misc/tmpwatch  { };
+
   tmux = callPackage ../tools/misc/tmux { };
 
   tor = callPackage ../tools/security/tor { };