diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xmlstarlet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xmlstarlet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ffeb9a8cd7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xmlstarlet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, libxslt }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "xmlstarlet-1.0.2";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/xmlstar/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "07a5c3fhqpvyy07pggl3ky7ahvlcpsmppy71x4h4albvanfbpjwj";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libxml2 libxslt ];
+
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      export LIBXSLT_PREFIX=${libxslt}
+      export LIBXML_PREFIX=${libxml2}
+      export LIBXSLT_LIBS=$(pkg-config --libs libxslt libexslt)
+      export LIBXML_LIBS=$(pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0)
+    '';
+
+  postInstall =
+    ''
+      ln -s xml $out/bin/xmlstarlet
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A command line tool for manipulating and querying XML data";
+    homepage = http://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = "bsd";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d46f78850e15..298c380f5f06 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1341,6 +1341,8 @@ let
     inherit (gnome) libgnomeprint;
   };
 
+  xmlstarlet = callPackage ../tools/text/xml/xmlstarlet { };
+
   xmlto = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/xmlto { };
 
   xmltv = callPackage ../tools/misc/xmltv { };