diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/shntool/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/shntool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68fb8bfb1423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/shntool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, flac }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "3.0.10";
+  name = "shntool-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.etree.org/shnutils/shntool/dist/src/shntool-3.0.10.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "00i1rbjaaws3drkhiczaign3lnbhr161b7rbnjr8z83w8yn2wc3l";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ flac ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "multi-purpose WAVE data processing and reporting utility";
+    homepage = http://www.etree.org/shnutils/shntool/;
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1e269b6f97d5..bb35ee95dd64 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7762,6 +7762,8 @@ let
     guile = guile_1_8;
   };
 
+  shntool = callPackage ../applications/audio/shntool { };
+
   sonic_visualiser = callPackage ../applications/audio/sonic-visualiser {
     inherit (pkgs.vamp) vampSDK;
     inherit (pkgs.xlibs) libX11;