diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/gh-ost/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/gh-ost/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24841a2bac79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/gh-ost/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+let
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/github/gh-ost";
+  version = "1.0.36";
+  sha256 = "0qa7k50bf87bx7sr6iwqri8l49f811gs0bj3ivslxfibcs1z5d4h";
+
+in {
+  gh-ost = buildGoPackage ({
+    name = "gh-ost-${version}";
+    inherit goPackagePath;
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "github";
+      repo  = "gh-ost";
+      rev   = "v${version}";
+      inherit sha256;
+    };
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "Triggerless online schema migration solution for MySQL";
+      homepage = https://github.com/github/gh-ost;
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      platforms = platforms.linux;
+    };
+  });
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9fd79a041d6d..3b507cfe74d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1049,6 +1049,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   genromfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/genromfs { };
 
+  gh-ost = callPackage ../tools/misc/gh-ost { };
+
   gist = callPackage ../tools/text/gist { };
 
   glide = callPackage ../development/tools/glide { };