diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ssmtp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ssmtp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ebdf88c262b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ssmtp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ssmtp-2.61-12";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/ssmtp/ssmtp_2.61.orig.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "2151ad18cb73f9a254f796dde2b48be7318b45410b59fedbb258db5a41044fb5";
+  };
+  patches = [
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/ssmtp/ssmtp_2.61-12.diff.gz;
+      sha256 = "2eb5b2af76d220f14e5133ec4078bab531209fb2f9f8f4e780a0ab8de4818d39";
+     })
+  ];
+  postConfigure = [
+    "sed -e '/INSTALLED_CONFIGURATION_FILE/d' "
+    "    -e 's|\\(DSSMTPCONFDIR.*\\).(.*)\\(.*$\\)|\\1/etc/ssmtp\\2|'"
+    "    -e 's|\\(DCONFIGURATION_FILE.*\\).(.*)\\(.*$\\)|\\1/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf\\2|'"
+    "    -e 's|\\(DREVALIASES_FILE.*\\).(.*)\\(.*$\\)|\\1/etc/ssmtp/revaliases\\2|'"
+    "    -e \"s| /lib| $out/lib|\" -i Makefile"
+  ];
+  preInstall = "ensureDir $out/lib";
+  installTargets = [ "install" "install-sendmail" ];
+  postInstall = "install ssmtp.conf $out/etc/ssmtp ";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a0b26ae78a09..832f7d399023 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -551,6 +551,10 @@ rec {
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
   };
 
+  ssmtp = import ../tools/networking/ssmtp {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   su = import ../tools/misc/su {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pam;
   };