diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8f4a821a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/ctags/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ctags-5.5.4";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ctags/ctags-5.5.4.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "a84124caadd4103270e0b84596ecfe83";
+  };
+}