diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ethtool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ethtool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c19910608e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ethtool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ethtool-6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/gkernel/ethtool/6/ethtool-6.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1iml9w4lrrxsg366wzdkw1wnrydpyah0lprwqf4zcxyxwxrzaijh";
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 57e25962e2c..6ff7fef0e67 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -671,6 +671,10 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  ethtool = import ../tools/misc/ethtool {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   exif = import ../tools/graphics/exif {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig libexif popt;
   };