diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/colort/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/colort/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c2da306902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/colort/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "colort-unstable-2017-03-12";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "neeasade";
+    repo = "colort";
+    rev = "8470190706f358dc807b4c26ec3453db7f0306b6";
+    sha256 = "10n8rbr2h6hz86hcx73f86pjbbfiaw2rvxsk0yfajnma7bpxgdxw";
+  };
+
+ installPhase = ''
+    make install PREFIX=$out
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A program for 'tinting' color values";
+    homepage = https://github.com/neeasade/colort;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 648a232d010..5b3ff985a80 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17693,6 +17693,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   crashplan = callPackage ../applications/backup/crashplan { };
 
+  colort = callPackage ../applications/misc/colort { };
+
   e17gtk = callPackage ../misc/themes/e17gtk { };
 
   epson-escpr = callPackage ../misc/drivers/epson-escpr { };