diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/dd_rescue/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/dd_rescue/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b018de88f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/dd_rescue/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    baseName="dd_rescue";
+    version="1.22";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    url="http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/${name}.tar.gz";
+    hash="0n0vs4cn5csdcsmlndg3z36ws68zlckj17zrbm6wynrbs8iirclp";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+  dd_rhelp_src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.kalysto.org/pkg/dd_rhelp-0.1.2.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0fhzkflg1ygiaj5ha0bf594d76vlgjsfwlpcmwrbady9frxvlkvv";
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doMakeInstall" "install_dd_rhelp" "fixPaths"];
+  makeFlags=[
+    ''prefix="$out"''
+    ''DESTDIR="$out"''
+    ''INSTASROOT=''
+  ];
+
+  fixPaths = a.doPatchShebangs ''$out/bin'';
+
+  install_dd_rhelp = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    ensureDir "$out/share/dd_rescue" "$out/bin"
+    tar xf "${dd_rhelp_src}" -C "$out/share/dd_rescue"
+    cp "$out/share/dd_rescue"/dd_rhelp*/dd_rhelp "$out/bin"
+  '') ["minInit" "defEnsureDir"];
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "A tool to copy data from a damaged block device";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/ddrescue/";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa3afc07aad..ac1aab8064c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@ let
 
   ddclient = callPackage ../tools/networking/ddclient { };
 
+  dd_rescue = callPackage ../tools/system/dd_rescue { };
+
   ddrescue = callPackage ../tools/system/ddrescue { };
 
   desktop_file_utils = callPackage ../tools/misc/desktop-file-utils { };