diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/lurk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/lurk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a7d00dea2cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/lurk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "lurk";
+  version = "0.2.9";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jakwai01";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Vvz1CWNpMbVpICL42VQHLM7AWSONGSXP5kfZ8rZlw8M=";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-AoFkgm13vj/18GOuSIgzs+xk82lSQ6zGpq4QVWcClv8=";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple and pretty alternative to strace";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jakwai01/lurk";
+    license = licenses.agpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
+    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1d56e7dc220e..74576c8f7b8e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16289,6 +16289,8 @@ with pkgs;
       stdenv = overrideCC stdenv llvmPackages_9.clang;
     });
 
+  lurk = callPackage ../development/tools/lurk { };
+
   malt = callPackage ../development/tools/profiling/malt {};
 
   massif-visualizer = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/massif-visualizer { };