diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/sockperf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/sockperf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d58bcb2f3cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/sockperf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, doxygen
+, enableTool ? false
+, enableTest ? false }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "sockperf";
+  version = "3.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Mellanox";
+    repo = "sockperf";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "MtpV21lCEAv7ARxk0dAxoOxxlqDM+skdQnPlqOvksjw=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook doxygen ];
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-doc" ]
+    ++ lib.optional enableTest "--enable-test"
+    ++ lib.optional enableTool "--enable-tool";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Network Benchmarking Utility";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Mellanox/sockperf";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ angustrau ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3be8bcac730a..eaeed1f44466 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9015,6 +9015,8 @@ in
 
   socat2pre = lowPrio (callPackage ../tools/networking/socat/2.x.nix { });
 
+  sockperf = callPackage ../tools/networking/sockperf { };
+
   solaar = callPackage ../applications/misc/solaar {};
 
   solanum = callPackage ../servers/irc/solanum {