diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/pod2mdoc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/pod2mdoc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c96908401b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/pod2mdoc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pod2mdoc-${version}";
+  version = "0.0.10";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://mdocml.bsd.lv/pod2mdoc/snapshots/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0nwa9zv9gmfi5ysz1wfm60kahc7nv0133n3dfc2vh2y3gj8mxr4f";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
+    install -m 0755 pod2mdoc $out/bin
+    install -m 0444 pod2mdoc.1 $out/share/man/man1
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://mdocml.bsd.lv/";
+    description = "converter from POD into mdoc";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ramkromberg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60814b95061..c12dde627ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3198,6 +3198,8 @@ in
 
   podiff = callPackage ../tools/text/podiff { };
 
+  pod2mdoc = callPackage ../tools/misc/pod2mdoc { };
+
   poedit = callPackage ../tools/text/poedit { };
 
   polipo = callPackage ../servers/polipo { };