diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/backup.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/backup.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89cc11004147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/backup.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, go, fetchgit }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "4556edb";
+  name = "influxdb-backup-${version}";
+
+  src = import ./deps.nix {
+    inherit stdenv lib fetchgit;
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ go ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    export GOPATH=$src
+    go build -v -o influxdb-dump github.com/eckardt/influxdb-backup/influxdb-dump
+    go build -v -o influxdb-restore github.com/eckardt/influxdb-backup/influxdb-restore
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mv influxdb-dump $out/bin
+    mv influxdb-restore $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Backup and Restore for InfluxDB";
+    homepage = https://github.com/eckardt/influxdb-backup;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ offline ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/deps.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..faafafc2bba5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# This file was generated by go2nix.
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchgit }:
+
+let
+  goDeps = [
+    {
+      root = "github.com/eckardt/influxdb-backup";
+      src = fetchgit {
+        url = https://github.com/eckardt/influxdb-backup.git;
+        rev = "4556edbffa914a8c17fa1fa1564962a33c6c7596";
+        sha256 = "2928063e6dfe4be7b69c8e72e4d6a5fc557f0c75e9625fadf607d59b8e80e34b";
+      };
+    }
+    {
+      root = "github.com/eckardt/influxdb-go";
+      src = fetchgit {
+        url = https://github.com/eckardt/influxdb-go.git;
+        rev = "8b71952efc257237e077c5d0672e936713bad38f";
+        sha256 = "5318c7e1131ba2330c90a1b67855209e41d3c77811b1d212a96525b42d391f6e";
+      };
+    }
+  ];
+
+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 1825f32f60ae..3042176881bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7949,6 +7949,8 @@ let
 
   influxdb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/influxdb { };
 
+  influxdb-backup = callPackage ../servers/nosql/influxdb/backup.nix { };
+
   hyperdex = callPackage ../servers/nosql/hyperdex { };
 
   mysql51 = import ../servers/sql/mysql/5.1.x.nix {