diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ac59327c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/bareos/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, pkgconfig, nettools, gettext, readline, openssl, python
+, ncurses ? null
+, sqlite ? null, postgresql ? null, mysql ? null, libcap ? null
+, zlib ? null, lzo ? null, acl ? null, ceph ? null
+}:
+
+assert sqlite != null || postgresql != null || mysql != null;
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bareos-${version}";
+  version = "14.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/bareos/bareos";
+    rev = "refs/tags/Release/${version}";
+    sha256 = "0m7v1szi45m71zjhj3inn5hh9f4529slhiihm88rfw8006aqb6ly";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig nettools gettext readline openssl python
+    ncurses sqlite postgresql mysql libcap zlib lzo acl ceph
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--exec-prefix=\${out}"
+    "--with-openssl=${openssl}"
+    "--with-python=${python}"
+    "--with-readline=${readline}"
+    "--enable-ndmp"
+    "--enable-lmdb"
+  ] ++ optional (sqlite != null) "--with-sqlite3=${sqlite}"
+    ++ optional (postgresql != null) "--with-postgresql=${postgresql}"
+    ++ optional (mysql != null) "--with-mysql=${mysql}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.bareos.org/;
+    description = "a fork of the bacula project.";
+    license = licenses.agpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bd2d8e58dff..d1fcb731550 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -729,6 +729,8 @@ let
 
   bacula = callPackage ../tools/backup/bacula { };
 
+  bareos = callPackage ../tools/backup/bareos { };
+
   beanstalkd = callPackage ../servers/beanstalkd { };
 
   bgs = callPackage ../tools/X11/bgs { };