diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/speedometer/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/speedometer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9c971502921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/speedometer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
+
+pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  name = "speedometer-${version}";
+  version = "2.8";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://excess.org/speedometer/speedometer-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "060bikv3gwr203jbdmvawsfhc0yq0bg1m42dk8czx1nqvwvgv6fm";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonPackages.urwid ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "/'entry_points': {/d" setup.py
+    sed -i "/'console_scripts': \['speedometer = speedometer:console'\],},/d" setup.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Measure and display the rate of data across a network connection or data being stored in a file";
+    homepage = http://excess.org/speedometer/;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ Baughn ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b99289fb88e8..96cd87472141 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14965,6 +14965,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   smem = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/smem { };
 
+  speedometer = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/speedometer { };
+
   statifier = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/statifier { };
 
   sysdig = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/sysdig {