diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rtl-sdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rtl-sdr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6e76249388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rtl-sdr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, cmake, pkgconfig, libusb1 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rtl-sdr-${version}";
+  version = "0.5.3";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "00r5d08r12zzkd0xggd7l7p4r2278rzdhqdaihwjlajmr9qd3hs1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig libusb1 ];
+
+  # Building with -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON tries to install udev rules to
+  # /etc/udev/rules.d/, and there is no option to install elsewhere. So install
+  # rules manually.
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/etc/udev/rules.d/"
+    cp ../rtl-sdr.rules "$out/etc/udev/rules.d/99-rtl-sdr.rules"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Turns your Realtek RTL2832 based DVB dongle into a SDR receiver";
+    homepage = http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 58effac7336..192666c5915 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8804,6 +8804,8 @@ let
     enableCopyDevicesPatch = (config.rsync.enableCopyDevicesPatch or false);
   };
 
+  rtl-sdr = callPackage ../applications/misc/rtl-sdr { };
+
   rubyripper = callPackage ../applications/audio/rubyripper {};
 
   rxvt = callPackage ../applications/misc/rxvt { };