diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0f39a558a08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/rewritefs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, fuse, pcre }: 
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rewritefs-${version}";
+  version = "2016-02-08";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sloonz";
+    repo = "rewritefs";
+    rev = "3ac0d1789bb9d48dbeddc6721d00eef19d1dc956";
+    sha256 = "0bj8mq5hd52afmy01dyhqsx2rby7injhg96x9z3gyv0r90wa59bh";
+  };
+ 
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig fuse pcre ];
+
+  preConfigure = "substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr/local $out";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = ''A FUSE filesystem intended to be used
+      like Apache mod_rewrite'';
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/sloonz/rewritefs";
+    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rnhmjoj ];
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cb592d252df8..0d975d48f464 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3090,6 +3090,8 @@ let
 
   rescuetime = callPackage ../applications/misc/rescuetime { };
 
+  rewritefs = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/rewritefs { };
+
   rdiff-backup = callPackage ../tools/backup/rdiff-backup { };
 
   rdfind = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/rdfind { };