diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cgmanager/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cgmanager/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79be500a13d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/cgmanager/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libnih, dbus }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cgmanager-0.36";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/cgmanager/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "039azd4ghpmiccd95ki8fna321kccapff00rib6hrdgg600pyw7l";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig libnih dbus ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-init-script=systemd"
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc/"
+    "--localstatedir=/var"
+  ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=\${out}" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $out/$out/* $out
+    DIR=$out/$out
+    while rmdir $DIR 2>/dev/null; do
+      DIR="$(dirname "$DIR")"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://linuxcontainers.org/cgmanager/introduction/;
+    description = "a central privileged daemon that manages all your cgroups";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wkennington ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8f25d37dd62d..3e6d3fdd5f52 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8682,6 +8682,8 @@ let
 
   busybox = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/busybox { };
 
+  cgmanager = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/cgmanager { };
+
   checkpolicy = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/checkpolicy { };
 
   checksec = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/checksec { };