diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46821673b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/smartmontools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "smartmontools-5.36";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/smartmontools/smartmontools-5.36.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1x2bcbyrl5c4djcvnsnasdry498w6slx1gixgynpmlgq4bgjl0zj";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tools for monitoring the health of hard drivers";
+    homepage = http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = "GPL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 324548335d3..f06e82dc0e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -647,6 +647,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };
 
+  smartmontools = import ../tools/system/smartmontools {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   sudo = import ../tools/security/sudo {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv coreutils pam;
   };