diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/data.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/data.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb8c4cc7d029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/collectd/data.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ stdenv, collectd }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit (collectd) meta version;
+
+  name = "collectd-data-${version}";
+
+  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/collectd
+    cp ${collectd}/share/collectd/*.{db,conf} $out/share/collectd/
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7c26ba7c8263..7396fc180158 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1362,6 +1362,8 @@ with pkgs;
     libsigrok = libsigrok-0-3-0; # not compatible with >= 0.4.0 yet
   };
 
+  collectd-data = callPackage ../tools/system/collectd/data.nix { };
+
   colormake = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/colormake { };
 
   cpuminer = callPackage ../tools/misc/cpuminer { };