diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/daemon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9bc6ecc6ddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/daemon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, perl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "daemon-0.6.4";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://libslack.org/daemon/download/daemon-0.6.4.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "18aw0f8k3j30xqwv4z03962kdpqd10nf1w9liihylmadlx5fmff4";
+  };
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Daemon turns other process into daemons";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Daemon turns other process into daemons. There are many tasks that need
+      to be performed to correctly set up a daemon process. This can be tedious.
+      Daemon performs these tasks for other processes. This is useful for
+      writing daemons in languages other than C, C++ or Perl (e.g. /bin/sh,
+      Java).
+    '';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.sander ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2fbc80a9c6..d87090210ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2520,6 +2520,8 @@ in
 
   dadadodo = callPackage ../tools/text/dadadodo { };
 
+  daemon = callPackage ../tools/system/daemon { };
+
   daemonize = callPackage ../tools/system/daemonize { };
 
   daq = callPackage ../applications/networking/ids/daq { };