diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/driftnet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/driftnet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..432411c1460d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/driftnet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libpcap, libjpeg, libungif, libpng, giflib, glib, gtk2, cairo, pango, gdk_pixbuf, atk, pkgconfig }:
+
+with lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "driftnet-${stdenv.lib.strings.substring 0 7 rev}";
+  rev = "8d47fd563a06122d4a6f9b9b9d27ba3d635148c0";
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake pkgconfig libpcap libjpeg libungif libpng giflib glib gtk2 glib cairo pango gdk_pixbuf atk ];
+
+  preConfigure = "autoreconf -fi";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit rev;
+    owner = "deiv";
+    repo = "driftnet";
+    sha256 = "1i9fqbsfrhvr36r17v3ydr1bqsszns8gyjbvlfqbdd4l5l5n6amg";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Driftnet watches network traffic, and picks out and displays JPEG and GIF images for display.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/deiv/driftnet;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 66ea52650470..83e1f48bb0c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1346,6 +1346,8 @@ let
 
   drive = callPackage ../applications/networking/drive { };
 
+  driftnet = callPackage ../tools/networking/driftnet {};
+
   dropbear = callPackage ../tools/networking/dropbear { };
 
   dtach = callPackage ../tools/misc/dtach { };