diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/vgo2nix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/vgo2nix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad556606c9ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/vgo2nix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, buildGoPackage
+, go
+, makeWrapper
+, nix-prefetch-git
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "vgo2nix-${version}";
+  version = "unstable-2018-10-14";
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/adisbladis/vgo2nix";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "adisbladis";
+    repo = "vgo2nix";
+    rev = "a36137a2b9675f5e9b7e0a7840bc9fe9f2414d4e";
+    sha256 = "1658hr1535v8w3s41q0bcgk8hmisjn8gcw7i3n2d2igszn1dp0q4";
+  };
+
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+
+  allowGoReference = true;
+
+  postInstall = with stdenv; let
+    binPath = lib.makeBinPath [ nix-prefetch-git go ];
+  in ''
+    wrapProgram $bin/bin/vgo2nix --prefix PATH : ${binPath}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Convert go.mod files to nixpkgs buildGoPackage compatible deps.nix files";
+    homepage = https://github.com/adisbladis/vgo2nix;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ adisbladis ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/vgo2nix/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/vgo2nix/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8327cd6069f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/vgo2nix/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/tools";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/tools";
+      rev = "ded554d0681e";
+      sha256 = "04rlq9hc3ccww9sbsrl48fl6wbjprb136rqxyr7dmgfj444aml56";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d3d1b06feff6..23734344323e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12907,6 +12907,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   leaps = callPackage ../development/tools/leaps { };
 
+  vgo2nix = callPackage ../development/tools/vgo2nix { };
+
   ws = callPackage ../development/tools/ws { };
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / JAVA MODULES
@@ -18597,7 +18599,7 @@ with pkgs;
   rclone = callPackage ../applications/networking/sync/rclone { };
 
   rclone-browser = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/networking/sync/rclone/browser.nix { };
-  
+
   rcs = callPackage ../applications/version-management/rcs { };
 
   rdesktop = callPackage ../applications/networking/remote/rdesktop { };