diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/btrfsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/btrfsprogs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8f2c7ea46f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/btrfsprogs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+a :  
+let 
+  fetchurl = a.fetchurl;
+
+  version = a.lib.getAttr ["version"] "0.18" a; 
+  buildInputs = with a; [
+    zlib e2fsprogs acl 
+  ];
+in
+rec {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/mason/btrfs/btrfs-progs-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "032g9lyrinpnrx4b8hs5i6qfbmv8x4ss02p26fgvk4zbc0slh7z8";
+  };
+
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  configureFlags = [];
+  makeFlags = ["prefix=$out"];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doMakeInstall"];
+      
+  name = "btrfs-progs-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "BTRFS utilities";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 91cec7d28f6..1498aed49e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6637,6 +6637,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv autoconf automake;
   };
 
+  btrfsProgs = builderDefsPackage (import ../os-specific/linux/btrfsprogs) {
+    inherit e2fsprogs zlib acl;
+  };
+
   cpufrequtils = import ../os-specific/linux/cpufrequtils {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libtool gettext;
     glibc = stdenv.gcc.libc;