diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mktorrent/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mktorrent/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7104ce2aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mktorrent/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, openssl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mktorrent-1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/mktorrent/mktorrent-1.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "17qi3nfky240pq6qcmf5qg324mxm83vk9r3nvsdhsvinyqm5d3kg";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = "USE_PTHREADS=1 USE_OPENSSL=1 USE_LONG_OPTIONS=1" +
+    stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isi686 " USE_LARGE_FILES=1";
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    installFlags=PREFIX=$out
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://mktorrent.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    description = "Command line utility to create BitTorrent metainfo files";
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 24b1d25e601..e574aed4f1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1142,6 +1142,8 @@ let
 
   mktemp = callPackage ../tools/security/mktemp { };
 
+  mktorrent = callPackage ../tools/misc/mktorrent { };
+
   modemmanager = callPackage ../tools/networking/modemmanager {};
 
   monit = builderDefsPackage ../tools/system/monit {