diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ply/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ply/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d4bdb1e27d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/ply/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, kernel, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, yacc, flex, bison }:
+let
+  version = "1.0.beta1-9e810b1";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ply-${version}";
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook flex yacc ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "iovisor";
+    repo = "ply";
+    rev = "9e810b157ba079c32c430a7d4c6034826982056e";
+    sha256 = "15cp6iczawaqlhsa0af6i37zn5iq53kh6ya8s2hzd018yd7mhg50";
+  };
+
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    # ply wants to install header fails to its build directory
+    xz -d < ${kernel.src} | tar -xf -
+    configureFlagsArray+=(--with-kerneldir=$(echo $(pwd)/linux-*))
+    ./autogen.sh --prefix=$out
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "dynamic Tracing in Linux";
+    homepage = https://wkz.github.io/ply/;
+    license = [ licenses.gpl2 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 mbbx6spp ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ad5281f6bf59..447f864db6f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12010,6 +12010,8 @@ with pkgs;
     nvidia_x11_beta      = nvidiaPackages.beta;
     nvidia_x11           = nvidiaPackages.stable;
 
+    ply = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/ply { };
+
     rtl8723bs = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/rtl8723bs { };
 
     rtl8812au = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/rtl8812au { };