diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/netevent/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/netevent/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f845111f4b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/netevent/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, docutils, installShellFiles }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "netevent";
+  version = "20201018";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Blub";
+    repo = "netevent";
+    rev = "ddd330f0dc956a95a111c58ad10546071058e4c1";
+    sha256 = "0myk91pmim0m51h4b8hplkbxvns0icvfmv0401r0hw8md828nh5c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ docutils ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "doc" "man" ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    export RST2MAN=rst2man
+    ./configure
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    install -m 0755 netevent $out/bin/
+
+    installManPage doc/netevent.1
+
+    mkdir -p $doc/share/doc/netevent
+    cp doc/netevent.rst $doc/share/doc/netevent/netevent.rst
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Share linux event devices with other machines";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Blub/netevent";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rgrunbla ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1a0245d77dd9..52243637b1de 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3011,6 +3011,8 @@ in
     inherit (xorg) libXaw;
   };
 
+  netevent = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/netevent { };
+
   skktools = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/skk/skktools { };
   skk-dicts = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/skk/skk-dicts { };