diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/wipe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/wipe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a7c337dc1222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/wipe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "wipe-${version}";
+  version = "2.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/wipe/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "180snqvh6k6il6prb19fncflf2jcvkihlb4w84sbndcv1wvicfa6";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./fix-install.patch ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Secure file wiping utility";
+    homepage    = http://wipe.sourceforge.net/;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/wipe/fix-install.patch b/pkgs/tools/security/wipe/fix-install.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2df3a1eec6a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/wipe/fix-install.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -ru3 wipe-2.3.1/Makefile.in wipe-2.3.1-new/Makefile.in
+--- wipe-2.3.1/Makefile.in	2009-11-02 00:11:30.000000000 +0300
++++ wipe-2.3.1-new/Makefile.in	2014-10-18 02:51:10.088966232 +0400
+@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
+ 	$(INSTALL_BIN) -d $(bindir)
+ 	$(INSTALL_BIN) -s $(BIN_OUT) $(bindir)
+ 	$(INSTALL) -d $(mandir)/man1
+-	$(INSTALL) -o root -m 0644 wipe.1 $(mandir)/man1/
++	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 wipe.1 $(mandir)/man1/
+ 	rm -rf $(datadir)/doc/wipe*
+ 	$(INSTALL) -d $(datadir)/doc/wipe
+ 
+ 	for file in $(DOCS); do \
+-		$(INSTALL) -o root -m 0644 $$file $(datadir)/doc/wipe/; \
++		$(INSTALL) -m 0644 $$file $(datadir)/doc/wipe/; \
+ 	done
+ 
+ install_home: $(BIN_OUT)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7df4e55c425a..3695df71c117 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2649,6 +2649,8 @@ let
 
   wicd = callPackage ../tools/networking/wicd { };
 
+  wipe = callPackage ../tools/security/wipe { };
+
   wkhtmltopdf = callPackage ../tools/graphics/wkhtmltopdf {
     overrideDerivation = lib.overrideDerivation;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXext libXrender;