diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..99cda697d330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/spirv-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, python }:
+
+let
+
+spirv_sources = {
+  # `vulkan-loader` requires a specific version of `spirv-tools` as specified
+  # in `<vulkan-loader-repo>/spirv-tools_revision`.
+  tools = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KhronosGroup";
+    repo = "SPIRV-Tools";
+    rev = "1a9385bbd0e6eae188c14302cf37c415ecc8b698";
+    sha256 = "12a2wyxhsnms966s12x9bkz2kh478qf9ygglzkxkd83j5fvmvzwm";
+  };
+  headers = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "KhronosGroup";
+    repo = "SPIRV-Headers";
+    rev = "3814effb879ab5a98a7b9288a4b4c7849d2bc8ac";
+    sha256 = "1wfszfsx318i0gavwk0w1klg4wiav8g4q4qpraqgm69arasfb9gh";
+  };
+};
+
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "spirv-tools-${version}";
+  version = "2016-07-18";
+
+  src = spirv_sources.tools;
+  patchPhase = ''ln -sv ${spirv_sources.headers} external/spirv-headers'';
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake python ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    description = "The SPIR-V Tools project provides an API and commands for processing SPIR-V modules.";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c5e71f8d2858..e322d1c63517 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6344,6 +6344,8 @@ in
 
   spin = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/spin { };
 
+  spirv-tools = callPackage ../development/tools/spirv-tools { };
+
   splint = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/splint {
     flex = flex_2_5_35;
   };