diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/partclone/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/partclone/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b446b06f987c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/partclone/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl
+, pkgconfig, libuuid
+, e2fsprogs
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "partclone-stable";
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = https://codeload.github.com/Thomas-Tsai/partclone/legacy.tar.gz/stable;
+    sha256 = "0vvk6c26gf2wv5y0mxnz90bivgp84pi82qk5q5xkcz6nz3swals7";
+    name = "Thomas-Tsai-partclone-stable-0-gab3bd53.tar.gz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [e2fsprogs pkgconfig libuuid];
+
+  installPhase = ''make INSTPREFIX=$out install'';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Partclone provides utilities to save and restore used blocks on a partition and is designed for higher compatibility of the file system by using existing libraries, e.g. e2fslibs is used to read and write the ext2 partition";
+    homepage = http://partclone.org;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/partimage/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/partimage/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d06ef2c83662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/partimage/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, bzip2, zlib, newt, openssl, pkgconfig, slang
+, automake, autoconf, libtool, gettext
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "partimage-0.6.9";
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://sourceforge.net/projects/partimage/files/stable/0.6.9/partimage-0.6.9.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0db6xiphk6xnlpbxraiy31c5xzj0ql6k4rfkmqzh665yyj0nqfkm";
+  };
+  configureFlags = "--with-ssl-headers=${openssl}/include/openssl";
+
+  buildInputs = [bzip2 zlib newt newt openssl pkgconfig slang
+    # automake autoconf libtool gettext
+  ];
+
+  patches = [
+    ./gentoos-zlib.patch
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "opensource disk backup software";
+    homepage = http://www.partimage.org;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/partimage/gentoos-zlib.patch b/pkgs/tools/backup/partimage/gentoos-zlib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05150e131e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/partimage/gentoos-zlib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+http://bugs.gentoo.org/405323
+
+--- a/src/client/imagefile.cpp
++++ b/src/client/imagefile.cpp
+@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@
+   else if (m_options.dwCompression == COMPRESS_GZIP) // Gzip compression
+     {
+       showDebug(1, "open gzip\n");
+-      m_gzImageFile = (gzFile *) gzdopen(m_nFdImage, "wb"); //"wb1h");
++      m_gzImageFile = gzdopen(m_nFdImage, "wb"); //"wb1h");
+       if (m_gzImageFile == NULL)
+ 	{
+ 	  showDebug(1, "error:%d %s\n", errno, strerror(errno));
+@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@
+     }
+   else if (m_options.dwCompression == COMPRESS_GZIP) // Gzip compression
+     {
+-      m_gzImageFile = (gzFile *) gzdopen(m_nFdImage, "rb");
++      m_gzImageFile = gzdopen(m_nFdImage, "rb");
+       if (m_gzImageFile == NULL)
+         THROW(ERR_ERRNO, errno);
+       else
+--- a/src/client/imagefile.h
++++ b/src/client/imagefile.h
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
+   COptions m_options;
+ 
+   FILE *m_fImageFile;
+-  gzFile *m_gzImageFile;
++  gzFile m_gzImageFile;
+   BZFILE *m_bzImageFile;
+ 
+   int m_nFdImage;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 560aacb4b760..b5aa495857f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -961,6 +961,10 @@ let
 
   gzip = callPackage ../tools/compression/gzip { };
 
+  partclone = callPackage ../tools/backup/partclone { };
+
+  partimage = callPackage ../tools/backup/partimage { };
+
   pigz = callPackage ../tools/compression/pigz { };
 
   haproxy = callPackage ../tools/networking/haproxy { };