diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8633823ab5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, zlib
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cramfsprogs";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/c/cramfs/cramfs_${version}.orig.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0s13sabykbkbp0pcw8clxddwzxckyq7ywm2ial343ip7qjiaqg0k";
+  };
+
+  # CramFs is unmaintained upstream: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/cramfs.
+  # So patch the "missing include" bug ourselves.
+  patches = [ ./include-sysmacros.patch ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install --target $out/bin -D cramfsck mkcramfs
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Tools to create, check, and extract content of CramFs images";
+    homepage = "https://packages.debian.org/jessie/cramfsprogs";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pamplemousse ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/include-sysmacros.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/include-sysmacros.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c115a66ac90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs/include-sysmacros.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/mkcramfs.c b/mkcramfs.c
+index a2ef018959d..bec83c112d1 100644
+--- a/mkcramfs.c
++++ b/mkcramfs.c
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
+  * If you change the disk format of cramfs, please update fs/cramfs/README.
+  */
+ 
++#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3614e7b68aa5..072b3218a015 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16963,6 +16963,8 @@ in
 
   cryptsetup = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cryptsetup { };
 
+  cramfsprogs = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cramfsprogs { };
+
   cramfsswap = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cramfsswap { };
 
   crda = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/crda { };