diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/dumb-init/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/dumb-init/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7be90222c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/dumb-init/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, glibc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "dumb-init";
+  version = "1.2.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Yelp";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "15hgl8rz5dmrl5gx21sq5269l1hq539qn68xghjx0bv9hgbx0g20";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ glibc.static ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 -t $out/bin dumb-init
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A minimal init system for Linux containers";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.marsam ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a2b92cf3907..b12fe4966ad6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ in
 
   dotnet-sdk = callPackage ../development/compilers/dotnet/sdk { };
 
+  dumb-init = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/dumb-init {};
+
   dispad = callPackage ../tools/X11/dispad { };
 
   dump1090 = callPackage ../applications/radio/dump1090 { };