diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxcfs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxcfs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ceaed205db96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lxcfs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, help2man, fuse, pam }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "lxcfs-${version}";
+  version = "2.0.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxcfs/lxcfs-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0pfrsn7hqccpcnwg4xk8ds0avb2yc9gyvj7bk2bl90vpwsm35j7y";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig help2man ];
+  buildInputs = [ fuse pam ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-init-script=systemd"
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+    "--localstatedir=/var"
+  ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "SYSTEMD_UNIT_DIR=\${out}/lib/systemd" ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    # liblxcfs.so is reloaded with dlopen()
+    patchelf --set-rpath "$(patchelf --print-rpath "$out/bin/lxcfs"):$out/lib" "$out/bin/lxcfs"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://linuxcontainers.org/lxcfs;
+    description = "FUSE filesystem for LXC";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mic92 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0d9a1f1eb12e..cefa0f6be664 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2637,6 +2637,7 @@ in
   lshw = callPackage ../tools/system/lshw { };
 
   lxc = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lxc { };
+  lxcfs = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/lxcfs { };
   lxd = callPackage ../tools/admin/lxd { };
 
   lzfse = callPackage ../tools/compression/lzfse { };