diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/ettercap/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/ettercap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d468c69fbeb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sniffers/ettercap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, libpcap, libnet, zlib, curl, pcre,
+  openssl, ncurses, glib, gtk, atk, pango, flex, bison }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ettercap-${version}";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1g69782wk2hag8h76jqy81szw5jhvqqnn3m4v0wjkbv9zjxy44w0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cmake libpcap libnet zlib curl pcre openssl ncurses
+    glib gtk atk pango flex bison
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace /etc \$\{INSTALL_PREFIX\}/etc
+  '';
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DGTK2_GLIBCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR=${glib}/lib/glib-2.0/include"
+    "-DGTK2_GDKCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR=${gtk}/lib/gtk-2.0/include"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Ettercap is a comprehensive suite for man in the middle attacks.";
+    homepage = http://ettercap.github.io/ettercap/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libnet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..42ef4d30a12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libnet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libnet-${version}";
+  version = "1.2-rc2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/libnet-dev/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1pc74p839a7wvhjdgy0scj7c4yarr6mqdqvj56k6sp8pkc763az7";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://github.com/sam-github/libnet;
+    description = "Libnet provides a portable framework for low-level network packet construction.";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 87caf534256f..57b9c9d70ed1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -825,6 +825,8 @@ let
 
   ethtool = callPackage ../tools/misc/ethtool { };
 
+  ettercap = callPackage ../applications/networking/sniffers/ettercap { };
+
   euca2ools = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/euca2ools { pythonPackages = python26Packages; };
 
   evtest = callPackage ../applications/misc/evtest { };
@@ -4857,6 +4859,8 @@ let
 
   libmusicbrainz = libmusicbrainz3;
 
+  libnet = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnet { };
+
   libnetfilter_conntrack = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnetfilter_conntrack { };
 
   libnetfilter_queue = callPackage ../development/libraries/libnetfilter_queue { };