diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scalpel/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scalpel/package.nix
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+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, stdenv
+, autoconf
+, automake
+, libtool
+, tre
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "scalpel";
+  version = "2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sleuthkit";
+    repo = "scalpel";
+    rev = "35e1367ef2232c0f4883c92ec2839273c821dd39";
+    hash = "sha256-0lqU1CAcWXNw9WFa29BXla1mvABlzWV+hcozZyfR0oE=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf
+    automake
+    libtool
+    tre
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i \
+      -e 's|#define\s*SCALPEL_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE\s.*"scalpel.conf"|#define SCALPEL_DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE "${placeholder "out"}/share/scalpel/scalpel.conf"|' \
+      src/scalpel.h
+  '';
+
+  env.CXXFLAGS = "-std=c++14" + lib.optionalString  stdenv.cc.isClang " -Wno-error=reserved-user-defined-literal";
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    ./bootstrap
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-pic"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm644 scalpel.conf -t $out/share/scalpel/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sleuthkit/scalpel";
+    description = "Recover files based on their headers, footers and internal data structures, based on Foremost";
+    mainProgram = "scalpel";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ shard7 ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
+  };
+})