diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/flent/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/flent/default.nix
index 90ff868d6be..2f97b39da60 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/flent/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/flent/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, matplotlib, netperf, procps, pyqt5 }:
+{ stdenv, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, matplotlib, procps, pyqt5
+, sphinx
+}:
 
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "flent";
@@ -10,7 +12,8 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "1llcdakk0nk9xlpjjz7mv4a80yq4sjnbqhaqvyj9m6lbcxgssh2r";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ netperf ];
+  buildInputs = [ sphinx ];
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     matplotlib
     procps
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/flent/http-getter.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/flent/http-getter.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20557c18c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/flent/http-getter.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake
+, curl, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "http-getter";
+  version = "20180606";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tohojo";
+    repo = "http-getter";
+    rev = "79bcccce721825a745f089d0c347bbaf2e6e12f4";
+    sha256 = "1zxk52s1h5qx62idil237zdpj8agrry0w1xwkfx05wvv9sw4ld35";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig curl ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/tohojo/http-getter;
+    description = "Simple getter for HTTP URLs using cURL";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 47c8f1e5872..5d63580c89c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3030,6 +3030,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   http-prompt = callPackage ../tools/networking/http-prompt { };
 
+  http-getter = callPackage ../applications/networking/flent/http-getter.nix { };
+
   httpie = callPackage ../tools/networking/httpie { };
 
   httping = callPackage ../tools/networking/httping {};