diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mysqltuner/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mysqltuner/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38cfa8b19cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mysqltuner/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, perl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mysqltuner-${version}";
+  version = "1.6.18";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "major";
+    repo   = "MySQLTuner-perl";
+    rev    = version;
+    sha256 = "14dblrjqciyx6k7yczfzbaflc7hdxnj0kyy6q0lqfz8imszdkpi2";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    install -m0755 mysqltuner.pl $out/bin/mysqltuner
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Make recommendations for increased performance and stability of MariaDB/MySQL";
+    homepage = http://mysqltuner.com;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 592b52df4dee..d07655d50b77 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2730,6 +2730,8 @@ in
 
   mysql2pgsql = callPackage ../tools/misc/mysql2pgsql { };
 
+  mysqltuner = callPackage ../tools/misc/mysqltuner { };
+
   nabi = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/nabi { };
 
   namazu = callPackage ../tools/text/namazu { };