diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/crackxls/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/crackxls/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c593650dbd45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/crackxls/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, autoconf, automake, openssl, libgsf }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "crackxls-${version}";
+  version = "v0.4";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/GavinSmith0123/crackxls2003.git;
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    sha256 = "0q5jl7hcds3f0rhly3iy4fhhbyh9cdrfaw7zdrazzf1wswwhyssz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ openssl libgsf automake autoconf ];
+
+  installPhase =
+  ''
+    mkdir $out/bin
+    cp crackxls2003 $out/bin/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/GavinSmith0123/crackxls2003/;
+    description = "Used to break the encryption on old Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word files";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 56bc561c5856..6c28a6c98c70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1125,6 +1125,8 @@ let
 
   cpio = callPackage ../tools/archivers/cpio { };
 
+  crackxls = callPackage ../tools/security/crackxls { };
+
   cromfs = callPackage ../tools/archivers/cromfs { };
 
   cron = callPackage ../tools/system/cron { };