diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52180c75c981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/logstash-forwarder/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, go }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "logstash-forwarder-20140410";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder.git;
+    rev = "ec504792108ab6536b45bcf6dff6d26a6b56fef3";
+    sha256 = "309545ceaec171bee997cad260bef1433e041b9f3bfe617d475bcf79924f943d";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ go ];
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp build/bin/logstash-forwarder $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
+    homepage = https://github.com/elasticsearch/logstash-forwarder;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0de56da83113..9e8c8487ec28 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1282,6 +1282,8 @@ let
 
   logstash = callPackage ../tools/misc/logstash { };
 
+  logstash-forwarder = callPackage ../tools/misc/logstash-forwarder { };
+
   kippo = callPackage ../servers/kippo { };
 
   klavaro = callPackage ../games/klavaro {};