diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/uhd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/uhd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8cedb1abc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/uhd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, python, cheetahTemplate, orc, libusb1, boost }:
+
+# You need these udev rules to not have to run as root (copied from
+# ${uhd}/share/uhd/utils/uhd-usrp.rules):
+#
+#   SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="fffe", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0002", MODE:="0666"
+#   SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2500", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0002", MODE:="0666"
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "uhd-${version}";
+  version = "3.5.2";
+
+  # UHD seems to use three different version number styles: x.y.z, xxx_yyy_zzz
+  # and xxx.yyy.zzz. Hrmpf...
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    name = "${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "https://github.com/EttusResearch/UHD-Mirror/archive/release_003_005_002.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1h0v7l03gq7qz5dqivsg5v6s0r47gw5fbiv7wsic3fx07ndf7rcn";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = "-DLIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIRS=${libusb1}/include/libusb-1.0";
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig python cheetahTemplate orc libusb1 boost ];
+
+  # Build only the host software
+  preConfigure = "cd host";
+
+  # Firmware images are downloaded (pre-built)
+  uhdImagesName = "uhd-images_003.005.002-release";
+  uhdImagesSrc = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://files.ettus.com/binaries/maint_images/archive/${uhdImagesName}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1g8pj4vpfsy5arffd9qsw1z6vp8rlafgip6kdc9sscdh9y0zlzi1";
+  };
+
+  postPhases = [ "installFirmware" ];
+
+  installFirmware = ''
+    tar --strip-components=1 -xvf "${uhdImagesSrc}" -C "$out"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "USRP Hardware Driver (for Software Defined Radio)";
+    longDescription = ''
+      The USRP Hardware Driver (UHD) software is the hardware driver for all
+      USRP (Universal Software Radio Peripheral) devices.
+
+      USRP devices are designed and sold by Ettus Research, LLC and its parent
+      company, National Instruments.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://ettus-apps.sourcerepo.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 07f686d3880..d7bdeb2476f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3768,6 +3768,8 @@ let
 
   texi2html = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/texi2html { };
 
+  uhd = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/uhd { };
+
   uisp = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/uisp { };
 
   uncrustify = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/uncrustify { };