diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/safe-rm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/safe-rm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..418817332e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/safe-rm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, perl, coreutils }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "safe-rm-${version}";
+  version = "0.11";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://gitorious.org/safe-rm/mainline.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${name}";
+    sha256 = "1csnqq22pfbg9dwhv13x60jih0gn07bn5rwg2nhi0dsslzk4l496";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ perl coreutils ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    sed -e 's@/bin/rm@${coreutils}/bin/rm@' -i $out/bin/safe-rm
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp safe-rm $out/bin
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
+    pod2man safe-rm > $out/share/man/man1/safe-rm.1
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Tool intended to prevent the accidental deletion of important files.";
+    homepage = https://launchpad.net/safe-rm;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.koral ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index daf2d7e039ea..64d6dfb32e05 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2208,6 +2208,8 @@ let
 
   safecopy = callPackage ../tools/system/safecopy { };
 
+  safe-rm = callPackage ../tools/system/safe-rm { };
+
   salut_a_toi = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/salut-a-toi {};
 
   samplicator = callPackage ../tools/networking/samplicator { };