diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/firecracker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/firecracker/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d8772da73d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/firecracker/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+
+let
+  version = "0.12.0";
+  baseurl = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases/download";
+
+  fetchbin = name: sha256: fetchurl {
+    url    = "${baseurl}/v${version}/${name}-v${version}";
+    inherit sha256;
+  };
+
+  firecracker-bin = fetchbin "firecracker" "0jk9w5kagqp3w668c1x0g4yyahmy7696pm0bkhv066rrdpcqpw66";
+  jailer-bin      = fetchbin "jailer"      "1fcxzpnapnccklgbi4bis3f6c9fki2daxvzg9l7433vfqz2zbyjl";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "firecracker-${version}";
+  inherit version;
+
+  srcs = [ firecracker-bin jailer-bin ];
+  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    install -D ${firecracker-bin} $out/bin/firecracker
+    install -D ${jailer-bin}      $out/bin/jailer
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Secure, fast, minimal micro-container virtualization";
+    homepage    = http://firecracker-microvm.io;
+    license     = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms   = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3dd971c8d9e6..93fb364e4726 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1400,6 +1400,8 @@ in
 
   fileshelter = callPackage ../servers/web-apps/fileshelter { };
 
+  firecracker = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/firecracker { };
+
   fsmon = callPackage ../tools/misc/fsmon { };
 
   fsql = callPackage ../tools/misc/fsql { };