diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/pxattr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/pxattr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a72b067e9aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/pxattr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gcc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pxattr-2.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/pxattr/pxattr-2.1.0.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1dwcqc5z7gzma1zhis2md49bj2nq7m6jimh4zlx9szw6svisz56z";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gcc ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp pxattr $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/pxattr/index.html;
+    description = "Provides a single interface to extended file attributes";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.vrthra ];
+    license = [ stdenv.lib.licenses.mit ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b9fb49f630a..16406f097e27 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1891,6 +1891,8 @@ in
 
   pixz = callPackage ../tools/compression/pixz { };
 
+  pxattr = callPackage ../tools/archivers/pxattr { };
+
   pxz = callPackage ../tools/compression/pxz { };
 
   hans = callPackage ../tools/networking/hans { };