diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71bc3b87a7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/linuxkit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, buildGoPackage, go, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "linuxkit-${version}";
+  version = "2017-07-08";
+  rev = "8ca19a84d5281b1b15c7a48c21e5786943b47f1c";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "linuxkit";
+    repo = "linuxkit";
+    inherit rev;
+    sha256 = "150y7hnjhi81iik7np27y5466ldaackq72mpi7vmybbl7vr1wgw4";
+  };
+
+  subPackages = [ "src/cmd/linuxkit" ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    buildFlagsArray+=("-ldflags" "-X main.GitCommit=${builtins.substring 0 7 rev} -X main.Version=0.0.0")
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A toolkit for building secure, portable and lean operating systems for containers";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    homepage = https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a6d1b0a1bbc..b2c79f77edb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6942,6 +6942,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libtool_2 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/libtool/libtool2.nix { };
 
+  linuxkit = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/linuxkit { };
+
   lit = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/lit { };
 
   lsof = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/lsof { };