diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/proot/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/proot/default.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchgit, talloc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "proot-${version}";
+  version = "4.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/cedric-vincent/proot.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "95a52b2fa47b2891eb2c6b6b0e14d42f6d48f6fd5181e359b007831f1a046e84";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ talloc ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    substituteInPlace GNUmakefile --replace "/usr/local" "$out"
+  '';
+
+  sourceRoot = "git-export/src";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://proot.me;
+    description = "User-space implementation of chroot, mount --bind and binfmt_misc";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ianwookim ];
+  };
+}
+