diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..17150c75466e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/cde/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "cde-${version}";
+  version = "0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pgbovine";
+    repo = "CDE";
+    sha256 = "0raiz7pczkbnzxpg7g59v7gdp1ipkwgms2vh3431snw1va1gjzmk";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+  };
+
+  # The build is small, so there should be no problem
+  # running this locally. There is also a use case for
+  # older systems, where modern binaries might not be
+  # useful.
+  preferLocalBuild = true;
+
+  patchBuild = ''
+    sed '/install/d' $src/Makefile > $src/Makefile
+  '';
+  
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp cde $out/bin
+    cp cde-exec $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/pgbovine/CDE;
+    description = "A packaging tool for building portable packages";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rlupton20 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4e35037d06cc..217137c210f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -740,6 +740,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   catclock = callPackage ../applications/misc/catclock { };
 
+  cde = callPackage ../tools/package-management/cde { };
+  
   cdemu-daemon = callPackage ../misc/emulators/cdemu/daemon.nix { };
 
   cdemu-client = callPackage ../misc/emulators/cdemu/client.nix { };