diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dnsperf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnsperf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c65e47a88b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnsperf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, bind, libseccomp, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dnsperf-${version}";
+  version = "2.1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.nominum.com/pub/nominum/dnsperf/${version}/"
+        + "dnsperf-src-${version}-1.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "03kfc65s5a9csa5i7xjsv0psq144k8d9yw7xlny61bg1h2kg1db4";
+  };
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ bind libseccomp zlib ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/doc/"
+    cp -r ./doc "$out/share/doc/dnsperf"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    outputsToInstall = outputs; # The man pages and PDFs are likely useful to most.
+
+    description = "Tools for DNS benchmaring";
+    homepage = https://nominum.com/measurement-tools/;
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.vcunat ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d7a4cce9468b..4512e210acb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1434,6 +1434,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dnsmasq = callPackage ../tools/networking/dnsmasq { };
 
+  dnsperf = callPackage ../tools/networking/dnsperf { };
+
   dnstop = callPackage ../tools/networking/dnstop { };
 
   dhcp = callPackage ../tools/networking/dhcp { };