diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/dht/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/dht/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0088e517914f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/dht/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "dht";
+  version = "0.25";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    # Use transmission fork from post-0.25-transmission branch
+    owner = "transmission";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "25e12bb39eea3d433602de6390796fec8a8f3620";
+    sha256 = "fksi8WBQPydgSlISaZMMnxzt4xN7/Hh7aN6QQ+g/L7s=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "BitTorrent DHT library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/transmission/dht";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ angustrau ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3c22f05c298e..f6b1d0a49216 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23875,6 +23875,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dfilemanager = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/dfilemanager { };
 
+  dht = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/dht { };
+
   dia = callPackage ../applications/graphics/dia {
     inherit (pkgs.gnome2) libart_lgpl libgnomeui;
   };