diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpitool/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpitool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e1f8d7105003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/acpitool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "acpitool-0.4.7";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/acpitool/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "133bdgcq9ql0l940kp9m2v6wzdvkyv8f1dizwjbx7v96n8g2c239";
+  };
+
+
+  meta = {
+    description = ''ACPI Tool is a small, convenient command-line
+                    ACPI client with a lot of features for Linux.'';
+    homepage = http://freeunix.dyndns.org:8000/site2/acpitool.shtml;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 35b078f57760..370aedaaafcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3654,6 +3654,10 @@ rec {
   };
   */
 
+  acpitool = import ../os-specific/linux/acpitool {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   alsaLib = import ../os-specific/linux/alsa/library {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };