diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/masscan/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/masscan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46c90481628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/masscan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, libpcap }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "masscan-${version}";
+  version = "2016-11-03";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "robertdavidgraham";
+    repo   = "masscan";
+    rev    = "dc88677a11dc3d9a5f6aa55cc1377bc17dba1496";
+    sha256 = "1mdjqkn4gnbwr5nci6i6xn7qzkjgq7dx37fzd6gghv87xgw7cdbg";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libpcap ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "CC=cc" "-j" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/man/man8
+    mkdir -p $out/share/{doc,licenses}/masscan
+    mkdir -p $out/etc/masscan
+
+    cp data/exclude.conf $out/etc/masscan
+    cp -t $out/share/doc/masscan doc/algorithm.js doc/howto-afl.md doc/bot.hml
+    cp doc/masscan.8 $out/share/man/man8/masscan.8
+    cp LICENSE $out/share/licenses/masscan/LICENSE
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Fast scan of the Internet";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/robertdavidgraham/masscan;
+    license     = licenses.agpl3;
+    platforms   = with platforms; allBut darwin;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rnhmjoj ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60105013ffa..dc95fe91950 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1004,6 +1004,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   mathics = pythonPackages.mathics;
 
+  masscan = callPackage ../tools/security/masscan { };
+
   meson = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/meson { };
 
   metricbeat = callPackage ../misc/logging/metricbeat { };