diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cointop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cointop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2ac335759ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cointop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchgit }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name    = "cointop-unstable-${version}";
+  version = "2018-05-03";
+  rev     = "08acd96082682347d458cd4f861e2debd3255745";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/miguelmota/cointop";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    inherit rev;
+    url    = "https://github.com/miguelmota/cointop";
+    sha256 = "14savz48wzrfpm12fgnnndpl3mpzx7wsch4jrnm3rmrfdabdx7mi";
+  };
+
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The fastest and most interactive terminal based UI application for tracking cryptocurrencies";
+    longDescription = ''
+    cointop is a fast and lightweight interactive terminal based UI application
+    for tracking and monitoring cryptocurrency coin stats in real-time.
+
+    The interface is inspired by htop and shortcut keys are inspired by vim.
+    '';
+    homepage  = https://cointop.sh;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux; # cannot test others
+    maintainers = [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cointop/deps.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cointop/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ba1d12a804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cointop/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This file was generated by https://github.com/kamilchm/go2nix v1.2.1
+[
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 82c7d36c202..a6f300d079f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8638,6 +8638,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   CoinMP = callPackage ../development/libraries/CoinMP { };
 
+  cointop = callPackage ../applications/misc/cointop { };
+
   commoncpp2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/commoncpp2 { };
 
   confuse = callPackage ../development/libraries/confuse { };