diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/daemonize/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/daemonize/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b52e0feb59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/daemonize/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name    = "daemonize-${version}";
+  version = "1.7.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "https://github.com/bmc/daemonize/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0sx0k05n8kyn0ma51nkjll8cs1xygmhv4qsyshxxj8apvjw20qk1";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Runs a command as a Unix daemon";
+    homepage    = http://software.clapper.org/daemonize/;
+    license     = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = with platforms; linux ++ freebsd ++ darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 21f473f7663..9be631a316c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1067,6 +1067,8 @@ let
 
   dadadodo = callPackage ../tools/text/dadadodo { };
 
+  daemonize = callPackage ../tools/system/daemonize { };
+
   daq = callPackage ../applications/networking/ids/daq { };
 
   dar = callPackage ../tools/archivers/dar { };