diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/yle-dl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/yle-dl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6efac3ffe60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/yle-dl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rtmpdump, php, pythonPackages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "yle-dl-${version}";
+  version = "2.9.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aajanki";
+    repo = "yle-dl";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1irpcp9iw2cw85sj1kzndmrw8350p9q7cfghjx2xkh2czk9k7whq";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace yle-dl --replace '/usr/local/share/' "$out/share/"
+
+    # HACK: work around https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/9593
+    substituteInPlace yle-dl --replace '/usr/bin/env python2' '/usr/bin/env python'
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
+  pythonPath = [ rtmpdump php ] ++ (with pythonPackages; [ pycrypto ]);
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    make install prefix=$out
+    wrapPythonPrograms
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Downloads videos from Yle (Finnish Broadcasting Company) servers";
+    homepage = https://aajanki.github.io/yle-dl/;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.dezgeg ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 986004c56422..5af13ae3e7ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3645,6 +3645,8 @@ let
   # To expose more packages for Yi, override the extraPackages arg.
   yi = callPackage ../applications/editors/yi/wrapper.nix { };
 
+  yle-dl = callPackage ../tools/misc/yle-dl {};
+
   zbackup = callPackage ../tools/backup/zbackup {};
 
   zbar = callPackage ../tools/graphics/zbar {