diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bfr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bfr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f91a3fabc325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bfr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "bfr-1.6";
+
+  src = args.fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.glines.org/bin/pk/bfr-1.6.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0fadfssvj9klj4dq9wdrzys1k2a1z2j0p6kgnfgbjv0n1bq6h4cy";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; [perl]);
+
+  meta = {
+      description = "general-purpose command-line pipe buffer";
+      homepage = http://www.glines.org/wiki/bfr;
+      license = "GPL2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 057fc4a7e57d..c598bbd4db38 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -426,6 +426,10 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv flex;
   };
 
+  bfr = import ../tools/misc/bfr {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv perl;
+  };
+
   asciidoc = import ../tools/typesetting/asciidoc {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv bash python;
   };