diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/scrub/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/scrub/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..baa3732b5840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/scrub/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "scrub";
+  version = "2.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "chaos";
+    repo = "scrub";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0ndcri2ddzqlsxvy1b607ajyd4dxpiagzx331yyi7hf3ijph129f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool ];
+
+  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Disk overwrite utility";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/chaos/scrub";
+    changelog = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chaos/scrub/master/NEWS";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ j0hax ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c06416105e0c..f54fc418e61d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9570,6 +9570,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   screenkey = callPackage ../applications/video/screenkey { };
 
+  scrub = callPackage ../tools/misc/scrub { };
+
   scfbuild = python3.pkgs.callPackage ../tools/misc/scfbuild { };
 
   scriptaculous = callPackage ../development/libraries/scriptaculous { };