diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/xe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/xe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..303374942c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/xe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xe-${version}";
+  version = "0.5";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "chneukirchen";
+    repo = "xe";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0rv9npgjb695slql39asyp6znv9r3a6jbcsrsa1cmhk82iy4bljc";
+  };
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple xargs and apply replacement";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/chneukirchen/xe";
+    license = licenses.publicDomain;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2eec8c8d3dba..13854052125e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3512,6 +3512,8 @@ let
 
   xl2tpd = callPackage ../tools/networking/xl2tpd { };
 
+  xe = callPackage ../tools/system/xe { };
+
   testdisk = callPackage ../tools/misc/testdisk { };
 
   html2text = callPackage ../tools/text/html2text { };