diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..214ffccc7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/nwipe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, parted, automake, autoconf, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.24";
+  name = "nwipe-${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "martijnvanbrummelen";
+    repo = "nwipe";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0zminjngz98b4jl1ii6ssa7pkmf4xw6mmk8apxz3xr68cps12ls0";
+  };
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses parted ];
+  preConfigure = "sh init.sh || :";
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Securely erase disks";
+    homepage = https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.woffs ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2d64ae178d8..5f7228c1410 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1388,6 +1388,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nrsc5 = callPackage ../applications/misc/nrsc5 { };
 
+  nwipe = callPackage ../tools/security/nwipe { };
+
   onboard = callPackage ../applications/misc/onboard { };
 
   optar = callPackage ../tools/graphics/optar {};