diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rancher-compose/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rancher-compose/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e2b1cef5d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/rancher-compose/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+let
+  generic = { version, sha256 }: buildGoPackage rec {
+    name = "rancher-compose-${version}";
+
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/rancher/rancher-compose";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "rancher";
+      repo = "rancher-compose";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      inherit sha256;
+    };
+
+    excludedPackages = "scripts";
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Docker compose compatible client to deploy to Rancher";
+      homepage = "https://docs.rancher.com/rancher/rancher-compose/";
+      license = licenses.asl20;
+      platforms = platforms.unix;
+      maintainers = [maintainers.mic92];
+    };
+  };
+in {
+  # should point to a version compatible
+  # with the latest stable release of rancher
+  rancher-compose = generic {
+    version = "0.9.2";
+    sha256 = "1wlsdjaa4j2b3c034hb6zci5h900b1msimmshz5h4g5hiaqb3khq";
+  };
+
+  # for rancher v1.2.0-pre3+
+  rancher-compose_0_10 = generic {
+    version = "0.10.0";
+    sha256 = "17f3ya4qq0dzk4wvhgxp0lh9p8c87kpq7hmh3g21ashzqwmcflxl";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 35307c947f0..4db812b53c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@ in
   less = callPackage ../tools/misc/less { };
 
   lf = callPackage ../tools/misc/lf {};
-  
+
   lhasa = callPackage ../tools/compression/lhasa {};
 
   libcpuid = callPackage ../tools/misc/libcpuid { };
@@ -14174,6 +14174,10 @@ in
     fltk = fltk13;
   };
 
+  inherit (callPackage ../applications/virtualization/rancher-compose {})
+    rancher-compose
+    rancher-compose_0_10;
+
   renoise = callPackage ../applications/audio/renoise {
     demo = false;
   };