diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/jnettop/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/jnettop/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..132d1832a9d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/jnettop/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, autoconf, libpcap, ncurses, pkgconfig, glib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "jnettop-0.13.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://jnettop.kubs.info/dist/jnettop-0.13.0.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1855np7c4b0bqzhf1l1dyzxb90fpnvrirdisajhci5am6als31z9";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf libpcap ncurses pkgconfig glib ];
+
+  patches = [ ./no-dns-resolution.patch ];
+  preConfigure = '' autoconf '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Jnettop, a network traffic visualizer";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Jnettop is a traffic visualiser, which captures traffic going
+      through the host it is running from and displays streams sorted
+      by bandwidth they use.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://jnettop.kubs.info/;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/jnettop/no-dns-resolution.patch b/pkgs/tools/networking/jnettop/no-dns-resolution.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65928a373009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/jnettop/no-dns-resolution.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+When built in a chroot, `configure' fails to resolve `localhost'.
+Furthermore that test appears to be useless.
+
+--- jnettop-0.13.0/configure.ac	2006-04-29 15:34:09.000000000 +0200
++++ jnettop-0.13.0/configure.ac	2008-12-03 15:11:28.000000000 +0100
+@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ AC_NETTOP_CHECK_IN6_ADDR
+ 
+ LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $NSL_LIBS $SOCKET_LIBS"
+ 
+-AC_NETTOP_CHECK_WORKING_RESOLVER
+ AC_NETTOP_CHECK_GETHOSTBYADDR_R
+ 
+ AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0(2.0.1,, AC_MSG_ERROR("glib >= 2.0.1 library required"), gthread)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4bdb5b0acb52..c8a1cf4b5ab6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -918,6 +918,11 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip jre;
   };
 
+  jnettop = import ../tools/networking/jnettop {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv autoconf libpcap ncurses pkgconfig;
+    inherit (gnome) glib;
+  };
+
   jwhois = import ../tools/networking/jwhois {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };