diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/genromfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/genromfs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db1968fccdcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/genromfs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.5.2";
+  name = "genromfs-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/romfs/genromfs/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0q6rpq7cmclmb4ayfyknvzbqysxs4fy8aiahlax1sb2p6k3pzwrh";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace "prefix = /usr" "prefix = $out"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://romfs.sourceforge.net/";
+    description = "Tool for creating romfs file system images";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pxc ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fe654a12f79a..a1fc1bc43362 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -759,6 +759,8 @@ in
 
   gencfsm = callPackage ../tools/security/gencfsm { };
 
+  genromfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/genromfs { };
+
   gist = callPackage ../tools/text/gist { };
 
   gmic = callPackage ../tools/graphics/gmic { };