diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mawk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mawk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3337fa62a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mawk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mawk-1.3.4-20141206";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://invisible-island.net/mawk/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "1j49ffl8gpfaq99hkylf3fjiygq74w1kpfp8f52xbpx57vn9587g";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib;
+    { description = "Interpreter for the AWK Programming Language";
+      homepage = http://invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk.html;
+      license = licenses.gpl2;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ emery ];
+    };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cc57f18024a..4422cbea951 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1816,6 +1816,8 @@ let
 
   man_db = callPackage ../tools/misc/man-db { };
 
+  mawk = callPackage ../tools/text/mawk { };
+
   mbox = callPackage ../tools/security/mbox { };
 
   memtest86 = callPackage ../tools/misc/memtest86 { };