diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/dtrx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/dtrx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d7a0e14e7de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/dtrx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages}:
+
+pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+  name = "dtrx-${version}";
+  version = "7.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/dtrx-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha1 = "05cfe705a04a8b84571b0a5647cd2648720791a4";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Do The Right Extraction: A tool for taking the hassle out of extracting archives.";
+    homepage = "http://brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.spwhitt ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9437c9dab058..425e9fba27cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@ let
 
   dlx = callPackage ../misc/emulators/dlx { };
 
+  dtrx = callPackage ../tools/compression/dtrx { };
+
   duperemove = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/duperemove {
     linuxHeaders = linuxHeaders_3_14;
   };