diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c75b8bec1466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, xz, zlib, pkgconfig }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "kmod-7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod-7.tar.xz;
+    sha256 = "1xvsy2zcfdimj4j5b5yyxaqx2byabmwq8qlzjm0hqzpyxxgfw1lq";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig xz zlib ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-xz" "--with-zlib" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/;
+    description = "Tools for loading and managing Linux kernel modules";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9d901f903d26..b4d588a92084 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5808,6 +5808,8 @@ let
 
   klibcShrunk = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/klibc/shrunk.nix { };
 
+  kmod = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kmod { };
+
   kvm = qemu_kvm;
 
   libcap = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libcap { };