diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtkit/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtkit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2e94b15d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rtkit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, dbus, libcap }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rtkit-0.10";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://0pointer.de/public/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "08118ya3pkxd6gbbshas23xwj483169fqmxzhp5sgmfr16n97skl";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig dbus libcap ];
+  
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/rtkit;
+    descriptions = "A daemon that hands out real-time priority to processes";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b922843cb1..da3288efc89 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5627,6 +5627,8 @@ let
 
   rt73fw = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/rt73 { };
 
+  rtkit = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/rtkit { };
+
   sdparm = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/sdparm { };
 
   shadow = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/shadow { };