diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/fakechroot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/fakechroot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a652a1e84ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/fakechroot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "fakechroot-${version}";
+  version = "2.17.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/dex4er/fakechroot/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    md5 = "e614f62972efa4654fc780ae7e4affad";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/dex4er/fakechroot;
+    description = "Give a fake chroot environment through LD_PRELOAD";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [offline];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f027cbe2e16..59e3334e121 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ let
 
   fakeroot = callPackage ../tools/system/fakeroot { };
 
+  fakechroot = callPackage ../tools/system/fakechroot { };
+
   fcitx = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/fcitx { };
 
   fcron = callPackage ../tools/system/fcron { };