diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8261cc9e4cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cde-0.1";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/pgbovine/CDE.git";
+    sha256 = "";
+    rev = "551e54d95eb3f8eefc698891f1b873fc4f02f360";
+  };
+
+  # The build is small, so there should be no problem
+  # running this locally. There is also a use case for
+  # older systems, where modern binaries might not be
+  # useful.
+  preferLocalBuild = true;
+
+  patchBuild = ''
+    sed '/install/d' $src/Makefile > $src/Makefile
+  '';
+  
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp cde $out/bin
+    cp cde-exec $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pgbovine/CDE";
+    description = "A packaging tool for building portable packages";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rlupton20 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e086fd0b153..489eddb0a15 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -736,6 +736,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   catclock = callPackage ../applications/misc/catclock { };
 
+  cde = callPackage ../tools/package-management/cde { };
+  
   cdemu-daemon = callPackage ../misc/emulators/cdemu/daemon.nix { };
 
   cdemu-client = callPackage ../misc/emulators/cdemu/client.nix { };