diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d38440648e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2463420540ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/strace/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "strace-4.5.6";
+
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/strace/strace-4.5.6.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "2dd9d23430957a7ee0221efb28c66d1e";
+  };
+}