diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/inferno/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/inferno/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce12a72dc979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/inferno/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ fetchCrate, lib, rustPlatform }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "inferno";
+  version = "0.10.6";
+
+  # github version doesn't have a Cargo.lock
+  src = fetchCrate {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "1pn3ask36mv8byd62xhm8bjv59k12i1s533jgb5syml64w1cnn12";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0w5w9pyv34x0iy9knr79491kb9bgbcagh6251pq72mv4pvx0axip";
+
+  # these tests depend on a patched version of flamegraph which is included in
+  # the github repository as a submodule, but absent from the crates version
+  checkFlags = [
+    "--skip=collapse::dtrace::tests::test_collapse_multi_dtrace"
+    "--skip=collapse::dtrace::tests::test_collapse_multi_dtrace_simple"
+    "--skip=collapse::perf::tests::test_collapse_multi_perf"
+    "--skip=collapse::perf::tests::test_collapse_multi_perf_simple"
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A port of parts of the flamegraph toolkit to Rust";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jonhoo/inferno";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jonhoo/inferno/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = licenses.cddl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b777ba8f7b14..bebdc797d2e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6086,6 +6086,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   inetutils = callPackage ../tools/networking/inetutils { };
 
+  inferno = callPackage ../development/tools/inferno { };
+
   inform6 = callPackage ../development/compilers/inform6 { };
 
   inform7 = callPackage ../development/compilers/inform7 { };