diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/picocom/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/picocom/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb08091ad57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/picocom/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "picocom-1.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://picocom.googlecode.com/files/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "17hjq713naq02xar711aw24qqd52p591mj1h5n97cni1ga7irwyh";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin $out/share/man/man8
+    cp picocom $out/bin
+    cp picocom.8 $out/share/man/man8
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Minimal dumb-terminal emulation program";
+    homepage = http://code.google.com/p/picocom/;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.gnu;  # arbitrary choice
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bb162c97f16..77fb3f4885c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7491,6 +7491,8 @@ let
 
   picard = callPackage ../applications/audio/picard { };
 
+  picocom = callPackage ../tools/misc/picocom { };
+
   pidgin = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin {
     openssl = if (config.pidgin.openssl or true) then openssl else null;
     gnutls = if (config.pidgin.gnutls or false) then gnutls else null;