diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/multitail/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/multitail/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19bebcf2823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/multitail/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "multitail-5.2.12";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/multitail-5.2.12.tgz;
+    sha256 = "681d87cd49e11aab1d82ad7818ee639c88a3d305db8accf0859977beda6c493c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin
+    cp multitail $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/;
+    description = "tail on Steroids";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c4afbe4b9e2..529daab749b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1054,6 +1054,8 @@ let
 
   most = callPackage ../tools/misc/most { };
 
+  multitail = callPackage ../tools/misc/multitail { };
+
   netperf = callPackage ../applications/networking/netperf { };
 
   ninka = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/ninka { };