diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index fd548296220..4cabe3a4e2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -98,4 +98,5 @@ rec {
 
   git-remote-hg = callPackage ./git-remote-hg { };
 
+  gitRemoteGcrypt = callPackage ./git-remote-gcrypt { };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-remote-gcrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-remote-gcrypt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2765e04696
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-remote-gcrypt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, docutils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "git-remote-gcrypt-20140715";
+
+  # Use joeyh's branch that works better with git-annex
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/joeyh/git-remote-gcrypt.git";
+    rev = "5dcc77f507d497fe4023e94a47b6a7a1f1146bce";
+    sha256 = "d509efde143cfec4898872b5bb423d52d5d1c940b6a1e21b8444c904bdb250c2";
+  };
+
+  # Required for rst2man.py
+  buildInputs = [ docutils ];
+
+  # The install.sh script expects rst2man, but here it's named rst2man.py
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i 's/rst2man/rst2man.py/g' install.sh
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    prefix="$out" ./install.sh
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/joeyh/git-remote-gcrypt";
+    description = "GNU Privacy Guard-encrypted git remote";
+    license = self.stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}