diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/btar/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/btar/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7598fae38a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/btar/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, librsync }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "btar-0.9";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://vicerveza.homeunix.net/~viric/soft/btar/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0w5cliw1n7syg67pqgljmi1f86w383ccw57h8p5h7cgsnabsbnq3";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ librsync ];
+
+  installPhase = "make install PREFIX=$out";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tar-compatible block-based archiver";
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+    homepage = http://viric.name/cgi-bin/btar;
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; all;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7218afc34e3..e4bf5287b8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ let
 
   bzip2 = callPackage ../tools/compression/bzip2 { };
 
+  btar = callPackage ../tools/backup/btar { };
+
   cabextract = callPackage ../tools/archivers/cabextract { };
 
   ccid = callPackage ../tools/security/ccid { };