diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/htpdate/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/htpdate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10ed8f34e3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/htpdate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, binutils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.1.3";
+  name = "htpdate-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://twekkel.home.xs4all.nl/htp/htpdate-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0hfg4qrsmpqw03m9qwf3zgi4brbf65w6wd3w30nkamc7x8b4vn5i";
+  };
+
+  installFlags = [
+    "INSTALL=${coreutils}/bin/install"
+    "STRIP=${binutils}/bin/strip"
+    "prefix=$(out)"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Utility to fetch time and set the system clock over HTTP";
+    homepage = http://www.vervest.org/htp/;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1261c3dce732..941e67c4020b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2064,6 +2064,8 @@ in
 
   hping = callPackage ../tools/networking/hping { };
 
+  htpdate = callPackage ../tools/networking/htpdate { };
+
   http-prompt = callPackage ../tools/networking/http-prompt { };
 
   httpie = callPackage ../tools/networking/httpie { };