diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0feba1b1c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, xz}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "kexectools-2.0.3";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://horms.net/projects/kexec/kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.3.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "1ac6szvm6pdhn5b8ba5l06rx09rylsqhgv1l6wmy4b5b1hrbip52";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ xz zlib ];
+  
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://horms.net/projects/kexec/kexec-tools/;
+    description = "Tools related to the kexec linux feature";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 33579045b7d..ec3ba83e592 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -915,6 +915,8 @@ let
 
   jwhois = callPackage ../tools/networking/jwhois { };
 
+  kexectools = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kexectools { };
+
   keychain = callPackage ../tools/misc/keychain { };
 
   kismet = callPackage ../applications/networking/sniffers/kismet { };