diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/synapse-bt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/synapse-bt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8d54e945bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/synapse-bt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, pkgconfig, openssl }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "synapse-bt-unstable-${version}";
+  version = "2018-06-04";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Luminarys";
+    repo = "synapse";
+    rev = "ec8f23a14af21426ab0c4f8953dd954f747850ab";
+    sha256 = "0d1rrwnk333zz9g8s40i75xgdkpz6a1j01ajsh32yvzvbi045zkw";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "1psrmgf6ddzqwx7gf301rx84asfnvxpsvkx2fan453v65819k960";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig openssl ];
+
+  cargoBuildFlags = [ "--all" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Flexible and fast BitTorrent daemon";
+    homepage = https://synapse-bt.org/;
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dywedir ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 943781e3e6fc..8079f6a416d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17138,6 +17138,8 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (gnome3) libgee;
   };
 
+  synapse-bt = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/synapse-bt { };
+
   synfigstudio = callPackage ../applications/graphics/synfigstudio {
     fontsConf = makeFontsConf { fontDirectories = [ freefont_ttf ]; };
     inherit (gnome3) defaultIconTheme;