diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/iozone/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/iozone/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d51a15bbee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/iozone/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+let
+  target = if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then
+    "linux"
+  else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then
+    "linux-AMD64"
+  else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin" then
+    "macosx"
+  else abort "Platform ${stdenv.system} not yet supported.";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "iozone-3.434";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.iozone.org/src/current/iozone3_434.tar;
+    sha256 = "0aj63mlb91aivz3z71zn8nbwci1pi18qk8zc65dm19cknffqsf1c";
+  };
+
+  license = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.iozone.org/docs/Iozone_License.txt;
+    sha256 = "1309sl1rqm8p9gll3z8zfygr2pmbcvzw5byf5ba8y12avk735zrv";
+  };
+
+  preBuild = "pushd src/current";
+  postBuild = "popd";
+
+  buildFlags = target;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{man,bin,doc}
+    install docs/iozone.1 $out/man/
+    install docs/Iozone_ps.gz $out/doc/
+    install -s src/current/{iozone,fileop,pit_server} $out/bin/
+    # License copy is mandated by the license, but it's not in the tarball.
+    install ${license} $out/doc/Iozone_License.txt
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "IOzone Filesystem Benchmark";
+    homepage    = http://www.iozone.org/;
+    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
+    platforms   = ["i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin"];
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.Baughn ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4f409a8cb9..82708cd30e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5817,6 +5817,8 @@ let
 
   intel-gpu-tools = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/intel-gpu-tools {};
 
+  iozone = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/iozone { };
+
   ired = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/radare/ired.nix { };
 
   itstool = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/itstool { };