diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysfsutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysfsutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bb87eff332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysfsutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sysfsutils-2.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/linux-diag/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "e865de2c1f559fff0d3fc936e660c0efaf7afe662064f2fb97ccad1ec28d208a";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://linux-diag.sourceforge.net/Sysfsutils.html;
+    longDescription = "
+      These are a set of utilites built upon sysfs, a new virtual
+      filesystem in Linux kernel versions 2.5+ that exposes a system's
+      device tree.
+    ";
+    license = "GPL-v2 / LGPL-v2.1";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0fa170f3605..1a89d4f5f06 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5363,6 +5363,14 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
   };
 
+  sysfsutils = import ../os-specific/linux/sysfsutils {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
+  # Provided with sysfsutils.
+  libsysfs = sysfsutils;
+  systool = sysfsutils;
+
   sysklogd = import ../os-specific/linux/sysklogd {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };