diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e199c29aed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/radare2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libusb, readline, libewf, perl, zlib, openssl,
+gtk ? null, vte ? null, gtkdialog ? null,
+python ? null,
+ruby ? null,
+lua ? null,
+useX11, rubyBindings, pythonBindings, luaBindings}:
+
+assert useX11 -> (gtk != null && vte != null && gtkdialog != null);
+assert rubyBindings -> ruby != null;
+assert pythonBindings -> python != null;
+
+let 
+  optional = stdenv.lib.optional;
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.9.7";
+  name = "radare2-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://radare.org/get/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "01sdsnbvx1qzyradj03sg24rk2bi9x58m40r0aqj8skv92c87s7l";
+  };
+
+
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig readline libusb libewf perl zlib openssl]
+    ++ optional useX11 [gtkdialog vte gtk]
+    ++ optional rubyBindings [ruby]
+    ++ optional pythonBindings [python]
+    ++ optional luaBindings [lua];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Free advanced command line hexadecimal editor";
+    homepage = http://radare.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [raskin];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+    inherit version;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e27c19dd0e44..6561ef69d9ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4242,6 +4242,15 @@ let
     rubyBindings = config.radare.rubyBindings or false;
     luaBindings = config.radare.luaBindings or false;
   };
+  radare2 = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/radare2 {
+    inherit (gnome) vte;
+    lua = lua5;
+    useX11 = config.radare.useX11 or false;
+    pythonBindings = config.radare.pythonBindings or false;
+    rubyBindings = config.radare.rubyBindings or false;
+    luaBindings = config.radare.luaBindings or false;
+  };
+
 
   ragel = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/ragel { };