diff --git a/pkgs/servers/freeradius/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/freeradius/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..818cc30b0545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/freeradius/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, talloc, openssl ? null }:
+
+## TODO: include ldap optionally
+## TODO: include sqlite optionally
+## TODO: include mysql optionally
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "freeradius-${version}";
+  version = "3.0.11";
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    talloc
+    openssl
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+     "--sysconfdir=/etc"
+     "--localstatedir=/var"
+  ];
+
+  installFlags = [
+    "sysconfdir=\${out}/etc"
+    "localstatedir=\${TMPDIR}"
+   ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.freeradius.org/pub/freeradius/freeradius-server-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0naxw9b060rbp4409904j6nr2zwl6wbjrbq1839xrwhmaf8p4yxr";
+  };
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://freeradius.org/;
+    description = "A modular, high performance free RADIUS suite";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d286d221ffc6..0733d656bacb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9639,6 +9639,8 @@ let
 
   freepops = callPackage ../servers/mail/freepops { };
 
+  freeradius = callPackage ../servers/freeradius { };
+
   freeswitch = callPackage ../servers/sip/freeswitch { };
 
   gatling = callPackage ../servers/http/gatling { };