diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f6e4f760b3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/uutils-coreutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, cargo, cmake, sphinx, lib, prefix ? "uutils-" }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  name = "uutils-coreutils-2018-02-09";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "uutils";
+    repo = "coreutils";
+    rev = "f333ab26b03294a32a10c1c203a03c6b5cf8a89a";
+    sha256 = "0nkggs5nqvc1mxzzgcsqm1ahchh4ll11xh0xqmcljrr5yg1rhhzf";
+  };
+
+  # too many impure/platform-dependent tests
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0qv2wz1bxhm5xhzbic7cqmn8jj8fyap0s18ylia4fbwpmv89nkc5";
+
+  makeFlags =
+    [ "CARGO=${cargo}/bin/cargo" "PREFIX=$(out)" "PROFILE=release" "INSTALLDIR_MAN=$(out)/share/man/man1" ]
+    ++ lib.optional (prefix != null) [ "PROG_PREFIX=${prefix}" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ cargo sphinx ];
+
+  # empty {build,install}Phase to use defaults of `stdenv.mkDerivation` rather than rust defaults
+  buildPhase = "";
+  installPhase = "";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils";
+    longDescription = ''
+      uutils is an attempt at writing universal (as in cross-platform)
+      CLI utils in Rust. This repo is to aggregate the GNU coreutils rewrites.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://github.com/uutils/coreutils;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ma27 ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4235616748c7..5fa4e5278247 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2035,6 +2035,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   uudeview = callPackage ../tools/misc/uudeview { };
 
+  uutils-coreutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/uutils-coreutils {
+    inherit (pythonPackages) sphinx;
+  };
+
   zabbix-cli = callPackage ../tools/misc/zabbix-cli { };
 
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