diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/rdup/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/rdup/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ca07e2c8235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/rdup/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook, glib, pcre }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rdup-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.15";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "miekg";
+    repo = "rdup";
+    rev = "d66e4320cd0bbcc83253baddafe87f9e0e83caa6";
+    sha256 = "0bzyv6qmnivxnv9nw7lnfn46k0m1dlxcjj53zcva6v8y8084l1iw";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ glib pcre ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "The only backup program that doesn't make backups";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/miekg/rdup";
+    license    = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ lukasepple ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2023297bbd30..1b111c0e45c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14435,6 +14435,8 @@ in
 
   rdesktop = callPackage ../applications/networking/remote/rdesktop { };
 
+  rdup = callPackage ../tools/backup/rdup { };
+
   recode = callPackage ../tools/text/recode { };
 
   remotebox = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/remotebox { };