diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/bibclean/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/bibclean/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5763a059d4b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/bibclean/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bibclean";
+  version = "3.03";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/bibclean/bibclean-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "06ic9zix8gh1wz7hd1cnlxxyrp7sqs67a7xnv08r71b5ikri35a3";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile.in --replace man/man1 share/man/man1
+  '';
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/man/man1
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Prettyprint and syntax check BibTeX and Scribe bibliography data base files";
+    homepage = "http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/bibclean";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8299aaaa7ff9..a4c307f26277 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2261,6 +2261,8 @@ in
 
   bgs = callPackage ../tools/X11/bgs { };
 
+  bibclean = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/bibclean { };
+
   biber = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/biber { };
 
   biblatex-check = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/biblatex-check { };