diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/netperf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/netperf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ef6a86c5eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/netperf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "netperf-2.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.netperf.org/netperf/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1l06bb99b4wfnmq247b8rvp4kn3w6bh1m46ri4d74z22li7br545";
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 18339e3ea59d..120521058f4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ let
 
   most = callPackage ../tools/misc/most { };
 
+  netperf = callPackage ../applications/networking/netperf { };
+
   ninka = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/ninka { };
 
   nodejs = callPackage ../development/web/nodejs {};