diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/psutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/psutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..af5346f7acf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/psutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "psutils-17";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.knackered.org/pub/psutils/psutils-p17.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1r4ab1fvgganm02kmm70b2r1azwzbav2am41gbigpa2bb1wynlrq";
+  };
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    sed -e 's,/usr/local/bin/perl,${perl}/bin/perl,' \
+      -e "s,/usr/local,$out," \
+      Makefile.unix > Makefile
+  '';
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/man/man1
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Collection of useful utilities for manipulating PS documents";
+    homepage = http://knackered.knackered.org/angus/psutils/;
+    license = licenses.bsd;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e29f3733ec9a..0f098d757ce6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3164,6 +3164,8 @@ in
 
   pstoedit = callPackage ../tools/graphics/pstoedit { };
 
+  psutils = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/psutils { };
+
   pv = callPackage ../tools/misc/pv { };
 
   pwgen = callPackage ../tools/security/pwgen { };