diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/fix-kernel-shark-CMakeLists.txt.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/fix-kernel-shark-CMakeLists.txt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..249df0352045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/fix-kernel-shark-CMakeLists.txt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+diff --git a/kernel-shark/build/ks.desktop.cmake b/kernel-shark/build/ks.desktop.cmake
+index 10e3610..ba29ced 100644
+--- a/kernel-shark/build/ks.desktop.cmake
++++ b/kernel-shark/build/ks.desktop.cmake
+@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Name=Kernel Shark
+ GenericName=Kernel Shark
+ Comment=
+ Exec=@_INSTALL_PREFIX@/bin/kernelshark
+-Icon=@KS_DIR@/icons/ksharkicon.png
++Icon=@_INSTALL_PREFIX@/share/icons/kernelshark/ksharkicon.png
+ Categories=System;
+ Terminal=false
+diff --git a/kernel-shark/src/CMakeLists.txt b/kernel-shark/src/CMakeLists.txt
+index b7dbd7e..be633ce 100644
+--- a/kernel-shark/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/kernel-shark/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -82,10 +82,13 @@ if (Qt5Widgets_FOUND AND Qt5Network_FOUND)
+             LIBRARY DESTINATION ${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/kshark/)
+ 
+     install(FILES "${KS_DIR}/kernelshark.desktop"
+-            DESTINATION /usr/share/applications/)
++            DESTINATION ${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/applications/)
++
++    install(FILES "${KS_DIR}/icons/ksharkicon.png"
++            DESTINATION ${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/icons/kernelshark)
+ 
+     install(FILES "${KS_DIR}/org.freedesktop.kshark-record.policy"
+-            DESTINATION /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/)
++            DESTINATION ${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/polkit-1/actions/)
+ 
+     install(PROGRAMS "${KS_DIR}/bin/kshark-su-record"
+             DESTINATION ${_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/)
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e583f636387c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, mkDerivation, fetchgit, qtbase, cmake, json_c, mesa_glu, freeglut, trace-cmd }:
+let
+  srcSpec = import ./src.nix;
+  shortRev = builtins.substring 0 7 srcSpec.rev;
+in mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "kernelshark";
+  version = "0.9.8-${shortRev}";
+
+  src = fetchgit srcSpec;
+
+  sourceRoot = "trace-cmd-${shortRev}/kernel-shark";
+
+  patches = [ ./fix-kernel-shark-CMakeLists.txt.patch ];
+  patchFlags = [ "-p2" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase json_c mesa_glu freeglut ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-D_INSTALL_PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}"
+    "-DTRACECMD_BIN_DIR=${trace-cmd}/bin"
+    "-DTRACECMD_INCLUDE_DIR=${trace-cmd.dev}/include/trace-cmd"
+    "-DTRACECMD_LIBRARY_DIR=${trace-cmd.lib}/lib"
+    "-DTRACEEVENT_INCLUDE_DIR=${trace-cmd.dev}/include/trace-cmd"
+    "-DTRACEEVENT_LIBRARY_DIR=${trace-cmd.lib}/lib"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GUI for trace-cmd which is an interface for the Linux kernel ftrace subsystem";
+    homepage    = http://kernelshark.org/;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ basvandijk ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e40497eee0bf..9190b2862cdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6389,6 +6389,8 @@ in
 
   trace-cmd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/trace-cmd { };
 
+  kernelshark = libsForQt5.callPackage ../os-specific/linux/trace-cmd/kernelshark.nix { };
+
   traceroute = callPackage ../tools/networking/traceroute { };
 
   tracebox = callPackage ../tools/networking/tracebox { };