diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/darkhttpd/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/darkhttpd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba733c5bde58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/darkhttpd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "darkhttpd-${version}";
+  version = "1.11";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://unix4lyfe.org/darkhttpd/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0lbcv6pa82md0gqyyskxndf8hm58y76nrnkanc831ia3vm529bdg";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -d "$out/bin"
+
+    # install darkhttpd
+    install -Dm755 "darkhttpd" "$out/bin/darkhttpd"
+
+    # install license
+    install -d "$out/share/licenses/darkhttpd"
+    head -n 18 darkhttpd.c > "$out/share/licenses/darkhttpd/LICENSE"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Small and secure static webserver";
+    homepage = http://dmr.ath.cx/net/darkhttpd/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bobvanderlinden ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fe750870f57e..e51a5ca43a8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1203,6 +1203,8 @@ let
 
   dar = callPackage ../tools/archivers/dar { };
 
+  darkhttpd = callPackage ../servers/http/darkhttpd { };
+
   darkstat = callPackage ../tools/networking/darkstat { };
 
   davfs2 = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/davfs2 {