diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/stress/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/stress/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52cfd4dde74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/stress/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "stress-1.0.4";
+ 
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~apw/stress/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0nw210jajk38m3y7h8s130ps2qsbz7j75wab07hi2r3hlz14yzh5";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simple workload generator for POSIX systems. It imposes a configurable amount of CPU, memory, I/O, and disk stress on the system";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d3dcfd694195..4c6087d431bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2500,6 +2500,8 @@ let
   };
 
   ssss = callPackage ../tools/security/ssss { };
+ 
+  stress = callPackage ../tools/system/stress { };
 
   storeBackup = callPackage ../tools/backup/store-backup { };