diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/golint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/golint/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e82580018fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/golint/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, go, fetchurl, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "golint";
+
+  src = import ./deps.nix {
+    inherit stdenv lib fetchgit fetchhg fetchbzr fetchFromGitHub;
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ go ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    export GOPATH=$src
+    go build -v -o lint github.com/golang/lint/golint
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mv lint $out/bin/golint
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Linter for Go source code.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/golang/lint;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/golint/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/golint/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47b8ade22982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/golint/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+let
+  goDeps = [
+    {
+      root = "github.com/golang/lint";
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "golang";
+        repo = "lint";
+        rev = "8ca23475bcb43213a55dd8210b69363f6b0e09c1";
+        sha256 = "16wbykik6dw3x9s7iqi4ln8kvzsh3g621wb8mk4nfldw7lyqp3cs";
+      };
+    }
+  ];
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "go-deps";
+
+  buildCommand =
+    lib.concatStrings
+      (map (dep: ''
+              mkdir -p $out/src/`dirname ${dep.root}`
+              ln -s ${dep.src} $out/src/${dep.root}
+            '') goDeps);
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5fec8c181a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, go, fetchurl, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gotags";
+
+  src = import ./deps.nix {
+    inherit stdenv lib fetchgit fetchhg fetchbzr fetchFromGitHub;
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ go ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    export GOPATH=$src
+    go build -v -o gotags github.com/jstemmer/gotags
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mv gotags $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Ctags-compatible tag generator for Go";
+    homepage = https://github.com/nsf/gotags;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97e77bdd977e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gotags/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+let
+  goDeps = [
+    {
+      root = "github.com/jstemmer/gotags";
+      src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "jstemmer";
+        repo = "gotags";
+        rev = "a60c6a1b171faedc44354bd437d965e5e3bdc220";
+        sha256 = "1drbypby0isdmkq44jmlv59k3jrwvq2jciaccxx2qc2nnx444fkq";
+      };
+    }
+  ];
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "go-deps";
+
+  buildCommand =
+    lib.concatStrings
+      (map (dep: ''
+              mkdir -p $out/src/`dirname ${dep.root}`
+              ln -s ${dep.src} $out/src/${dep.root}
+            '') goDeps);
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 040527676e23..a399ab993c04 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8131,6 +8131,10 @@ let
 
   gocode = callPackage ../development/tools/gocode { };
 
+  gotags = callPackage ../development/tools/gotags { };
+
+  golint = callPackage ../development/tools/golint { };
+
   gogoclient = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/gogoclient { };
 
   nss_ldap = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/nss_ldap { };