diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81f8484b6dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{stdenv, fetchgit, atomicops, autoconf, automake, boost, btrfsProgs, cryptopp, curl, expat,
+ fcgi, fuse, gperftools, keyutils, leveldb, libaio, libedit, libtool,
+ libuuid, linuxHeaders, openssl, pkgconfig, python, snappy, which, xfsprogs, xz}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  baseName="ceph";
+  version="0.79";
+  name="${baseName}-${version}";
+  buildInputs = [
+    fuse linuxHeaders pkgconfig atomicops autoconf automake boost btrfsProgs cryptopp expat
+    fcgi fuse gperftools keyutils leveldb libaio libedit libtool libuuid openssl pkgconfig
+    python snappy which xfsprogs.lib xz
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./autogen.sh
+  '';
+
+  installFlags = "DESTDIR=\${out}";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/ceph/ceph";
+    rev = "4c2d73a5095f527c3a2168deb5fa54b3c8991a6e";
+    sha256 = "0850m817wqqmw2qdnwm5jvbdgifzlc7kcd05jv526pdvmq1x92rf";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    inherit version;
+    description = "Distributed storage system";
+    maintainers = [
+      stdenv.lib.maintainers.ak
+    ];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; 
+      linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5d4cfe7328f..796da97595e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -737,6 +737,8 @@ let
 
   cdrkit = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/cdrkit { };
 
+  ceph = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/ceph { };
+
   cfdg = builderDefsPackage ../tools/graphics/cfdg {
     inherit libpng bison flex ffmpeg;
   };