diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/4.6.3.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/4.6.3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..830c2a072b6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/sharutils/4.6.3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sharutils-" + version;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/sharutils/REL-${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1sirrzas8llcsd8gnh56pns39wa1f803vff1kmy5islfi1p9vqk8";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7a990d5afd6a..0942ae4c0bd6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -777,6 +777,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };
 
+  sharutils = selectVersion ../tools/archivers/sharutils "4.6.3" {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   shebangfix = import ../tools/misc/shebangfix {
     inherit perl stdenv;
   };