diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9e682d177fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "hound-unstable-${version}";
+  version = "20160919-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
+  rev = "f95e9a9224b8878b9cd8fac0afb6d31f83a65ca7";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/etsy/hound";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit rev;
+    owner = "etsy";
+    repo = "hound";
+    sha256 = "0d4mhka7f8x8xfjrjhl5l0v06ng8kc868jrajpv5bjkxsj71nwbg";
+  };
+
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit (src) homepage;
+
+    description = "Lightning fast code searching made easy";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ grahamc ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe51488c7066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/hound/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cbe19174a213..64c13390915f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7267,6 +7267,8 @@ in
     inherit (perlPackages) IOStringy;
   };
 
+  hound = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/hound { };
+
   hspell = callPackage ../development/libraries/hspell { };
 
   hspellDicts = callPackage ../development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix { };