diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index fe4f101e27c..3120cc84e63 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ rec {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl ncurses asciidoc xmlto docbook_xsl;
   };
 
+  hub = import ./hub {
+    inherit (rubyLibs) rake;
+    inherit stdenv fetchgit groff makeWrapper;
+  };
+
   gitFastExport = import ./fast-export {
     inherit fetchgit stdenv mercurial coreutils git makeWrapper subversion;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e545d2bc6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/hub/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, groff, rake, makeWrapper }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "hub-${version}";
+  version = "1.10.3";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/defunkt/hub.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0j0krmf0sf09hhw3nsn0w1y97d67762g4qrc8080bwcx38lbyvbg";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ rake makeWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    rake install "prefix=$out"
+  '';
+
+  fixupPhase = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/hub --prefix PATH : ${groff}/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A GitHub specific wrapper for git";
+    homepage = "http://defunkt.io/hub/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}