diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xc3sprog/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xc3sprog/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52471c30fd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/xc3sprog/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchsvn, cmake, libusb, libftdi }:
+
+# The xc3sprog project doesn't seem to make proper releases, they only put out
+# prebuilt binary subversion snapshots on sourceforge.
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "748"; # latest @ 2013-10-26
+  name = "xc3sprog-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchsvn rec {
+    url = "https://svn.code.sf.net/p/xc3sprog/code/trunk";
+    sha256 = "0wkz6094kkqz91qpa24pzlbhndc47sjmqhwk3p7ccabv0041rzk0";
+    rev = "${version}";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake libusb libftdi ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Command-line tools for programming FPGAs, microcontrollers and PROMs via JTAG";
+    homepage = http://xc3sprog.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b16942e4f40..1169d3db088 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3812,6 +3812,8 @@ let
 
   valkyrie = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/valkyrie { };
 
+  xc3sprog = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/xc3sprog { };
+
   xxdiff = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/xxdiff { };
 
   yacc = bison;