diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/copyright-update/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/copyright-update/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..604097fbe77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/copyright-update/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "copyright-update-${version}";
+  version = "2016.1018";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    name = "${name}-src";
+    owner = "jaalto";
+    repo = "project--copyright-update";
+    rev = "release/${version}";
+    sha256 = "1kj6jlgyxrgvrpv7fcgbibfqqa83xljp17v6sas42dlb105h6sgd";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "INSTALL=install" "prefix=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/jaalto/project--copyright-update;
+    description = "Updates the copyright information in a set of files";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rycee ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a2c08d2eea8..4cd17dfea3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -743,6 +743,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   consul-template = callPackage ../tools/system/consul-template { };
 
+  copyright-update = callPackage ../tools/text/copyright-update { };
+
   corebird = callPackage ../applications/networking/corebird { };
 
   corosync = callPackage ../servers/corosync { };