diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/genimage/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/genimage/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b808573aa5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/genimage/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libconfuse }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "genimage-${version}";
+  version = "9";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://public.pengutronix.de/software/genimage/genimage-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0y4h8x8lqxam8m90rdfq8cg5137kvilxr3d1qzddpx7nxpvmmwv9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libconfuse ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    # As there is no manpage or built-in --help, add the README file for
+    # documentation.
+    docdir="$out/share/doc/genimage"
+    mkdir -p "$docdir"
+    cp -v README "$docdir"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/genimage;
+    description = "Generate filesystem images from directory trees";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 48cf5d105bd0..e3a1a5a11fe5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1834,6 +1834,8 @@ in
 
   gengetopt = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gengetopt { };
 
+  genimage = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/genimage { };
+
   geteltorito = callPackage ../tools/misc/geteltorito { };
 
   getmail = callPackage ../tools/networking/getmail { };