diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bashdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bashdb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4c0ca97ad505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bashdb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bashdb-4.4-0.92";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url =  "mirror://sourceforge/bashdb/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "6a8c2655e04339b954731a0cb0d9910e2878e45b2fc08fe469b93e4f2dbaaf92";
+  };
+
+  meta = { 
+    description = "Bash script debugger";
+    homepage = http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ae116f8bc855..1b587b4fd430 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6728,6 +6728,8 @@ with pkgs;
     ruby = ruby_2_2;
   };
 
+  bashdb = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/bashdb { };
+
   gdb = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gdb {
     guile = null;
     hurd = gnu.hurdCross;