diff --git a/pkgs/servers/monitoring/plugins/esxi.nix b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/plugins/esxi.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..312caab954bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/monitoring/plugins/esxi.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python2Packages }:
+
+let
+  bName = "check_esxi_hardware";
+  pName = stdenv.lib.replaceStrings [ "_" ] [ "-" ] "${bName}";
+
+in python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  name = "${pName}-${version}";
+  version = "20161013";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "Napsty";
+    repo   = bName;
+    rev    = version;
+    sha256 = "19zybcg62dqcinixnp1p8zw916x3w7xvy6dlsmn347iigfa5s55s";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 -t $out/bin                ${bName}.py
+    install -Dm644 -t $out/share/doc/${pName} README.md
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [ pywbem ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/nagios-plugins/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainer = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2dc4b9c0ee73..c2ad6955a4e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11346,6 +11346,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   neo4j = callPackage ../servers/nosql/neo4j { };
 
+  check-esxi-hardware = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/plugins/esxi.nix {};
+
   net_snmp = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/net-snmp {
     # https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/bugs/2712/
     # remove after net-snmp > 5.7.3