diff --git a/pkgs/misc/mnemonicode/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/mnemonicode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ff3601904fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/mnemonicode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "name-${version}";
+  version = "2015-11-30";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "singpolyma";
+    repo = "mnemonicode";
+    rev = "1687fabdf48acf68d4186f219bc20bffe02e8ee0";
+    sha256 = "0kp1jhhqfwfiqg9kx0mbyr4qh4yc4zg4szqk5fbf809nx2pvprm5";
+  };
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp mnencode $out/bin
+    cp mndecode $out/bin
+  '';
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = ''
+      Routines which implement a method for encoding binary data into a sequence
+      of words which can be spoken over the phone, for example, and converted
+      back to data on the other side.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index da780b08734f..1cdebf913839 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16529,6 +16529,8 @@ in
 
   m3d-linux = callPackage ../misc/drivers/m3d-linux { };
 
+  mnemonicode = callPackage ../misc/mnemonicode { };
+
   mysqlWorkbench = newScope gnome ../applications/misc/mysql-workbench {
     lua = lua5_1;
     libctemplate = libctemplate_2_2;