diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsb-release/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsb-release/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9715f77f9e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lsb-release/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, getopt }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.4";
+  name = "lsb-release-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/lsb/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0wkiy7ymfi3fh2an2g30raw6yxh6rzf6nz2v90fplbnnz2414clr";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace help2man \
+      --replace /usr/bin/perl ${perl}/bin/perl
+  '';
+
+  installFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl getopt ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Prints certain LSB (Linux Standard Base) and Distribution information";
+    homepage = http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb;
+    license = [ stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0daa3d2b13c3..685c719833e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2273,6 +2273,8 @@ in
 
   lrzip = callPackage ../tools/compression/lrzip { };
 
+  lsb-release = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lsb-release { };
+
   # lsh installs `bin/nettle-lfib-stream' and so does Nettle.  Give the
   # former a lower priority than Nettle.
   lsh = lowPrio (callPackage ../tools/networking/lsh { });