diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/vde2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/vde2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bf2b05dd56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/vde2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, libpcap }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "vde2-2.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/vde/vde2/2.3.1/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1vbrds8k1cn1fgvpkg2ck2227l5yy2f0qxk44sg3vymq0aiw8y37";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl libpcap ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://vde.sourceforge.net/;
+    description = "Virtual Distributed Ethernet, an Ethernet compliant virtual network";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ccb76748ffb..4f47ca76e28 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1305,6 +1305,8 @@ let
     inherit pciutils libx86 zlib;
   };
 
+  vde2 = callPackage ../tools/networking/vde2 { };
+  
   verilog = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/verilog {};
 
   viking = callPackage ../applications/misc/viking { };