diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtdutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtdutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..521c1452e1c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtdutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{stdenv, fetchgit, libuuid, lzo, zlib, acl}:
+
+let
+  version = "v1.3.1";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mtd-utils-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = git://git.infradead.org/mtd-utils.git;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0pjjs9x03bgvphqwlw99c2cpkpjsx0vkqi79vjl7fcb9pyrghgd1";
+  };
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    makeFlags="DESTDIR=$out"
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ libuuid lzo zlib acl ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tools for MTD filesystems";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    homepage = http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 63ef03466fec..b7c854c37ae5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1109,6 +1109,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv gettext;
   };
 
+  mtdutils = import ../tools/filesystems/mtdutils {
+    inherit stdenv fetchgit libuuid lzo zlib acl;
+  };
+
   multitran = recurseIntoAttrs (let
       inherit fetchurl stdenv help2man;
     in rec {