diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/reptyr/.default.nix.swp b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/reptyr/.default.nix.swp
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diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/reptyr/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/reptyr/default.nix
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index 000000000000..573f1a578c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/reptyr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{stdenv, fetchgit}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.4";
+  name = "reptyr-${version}";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/nelhage/reptyr.git";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${name}";
+    sha256 = "2d2814c210e4bde6f9bcf3aa20477287d7e4a5aa7ee09110b37d2eaaf7e5ecae";
+  };
+  makeFlags = ["PREFIX=$(out)"];
+  meta = {
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [raskin];
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    description = ''A Linux tool to change controlling pty of a process'';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3c00c15f4b1b..1f168bd05940 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1385,6 +1385,8 @@ let
 
   replace = callPackage ../tools/text/replace { };
 
+  reptyr = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/reptyr {};
+
   rdiff_backup = callPackage ../tools/backup/rdiff-backup { };
 
   ripmime = callPackage ../tools/networking/ripmime {};