diff --git a/pkgs/servers/beanstalkd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/beanstalkd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..717ea6306cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/beanstalkd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.9";
+  name = "beanstalkd-${version}";
+
+  installPhase=''make install "PREFIX=$out"'';
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/kr/beanstalkd/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "158e6d6090c0afac7ee17b9f22713506b3e870dc04a738517282e2e262afb9eb";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://kr.github.io/beanstalkd/;
+    description = "Beanstalk is a simple, fast work queue.";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.zimbatm ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ab96b48057e..954aa173361b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -588,6 +588,8 @@ let
 
   bacula = callPackage ../tools/backup/bacula { };
 
+  beanstalkd = callPackage ../servers/beanstalkd { };
+
   bgs = callPackage ../tools/X11/bgs { };
 
   bibtextools = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/bibtex-tools {