diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..259224aac5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/checkbashisms/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit perl;
+
+  name = "checkbashisms";
+  version = "2.0.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/checkbaskisms/${version}/${name}";
+    sha256 = "1vm0yykkg58ja9ianfpm3mgrpah109gj33b41kl0jmmm11zip9jd";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkbaskisms/;
+    description = "Performs basic checks on shell scripts for the presence of non portable syntax.";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+
+  # The link returns directly the script. No need for unpacking
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp $src $out/bin/checkbashisms
+    chmod 755 $out/bin/checkbashisms
+  '';
+
+  # Makes sure to point to the proper perl version
+  fixupPhase = ''
+    sed -e "s#/usr/bin/perl#$perl/bin/perl#" -i $out/bin/checkbashisms
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0b2221f9a49..da79e55c7f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -999,6 +999,8 @@ let
 
   biosdevname = callPackage ../tools/networking/biosdevname { };
 
+  checkbashism = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/checkbashisms { };
+
   clamav = callPackage ../tools/security/clamav { };
 
   clex = callPackage ../tools/misc/clex { };