diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/veracrypt/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/veracrypt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e817b5a815b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/veracrypt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, pkgconfig, nasm, fuse, wxGTK30, devicemapper, makeself,
+  wxGUI ? true
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "veracrypt-${version}";
+  version = "1.19";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/${version}/+download/VeraCrypt_${version}_Source.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "111xs1zmic82lpn5spn0ca33q0g4za04a2k4cvjwdb7k3vcicq6v";
+  };
+
+  # The source archive can't be extracted with "tar xfz"; I don't know why
+  # Using "gunzip" before "tar xf" works though
+  unpackPhase =
+    ''
+      gunzip -c $src > src.tar
+      tar xf src.tar
+      cd Vera*/src
+    '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ fuse devicemapper wxGTK30 nasm makeself ];
+  makeFlags = if wxGUI then "" else "NOGUI=1";
+
+  installPhase =
+    ''
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
+      cp Main/veracrypt $out/bin
+      mkdir -p $out/share/$name
+      cp License.txt $out/share/$name/LICENSE
+      mkdir -p $out/share/applications
+      sed 's/\/usr\/bin\/veracrypt/veracrypt/' Setup/Linux/veracrypt.desktop > $out/share/applications/veracrypt.desktop
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Free Open-Source filesystem on-the-fly encryption";
+    homepage = https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/;
+    license = "VeraCrypt License";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [dsferruzza];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9484dc06bc1e..92ebdb0194bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4532,6 +4532,10 @@ with pkgs;
     python = python27;
   };
 
+  veracrypt = callPackage ../applications/misc/veracrypt {
+    wxGUI = true;
+  };
+
   vlan = callPackage ../tools/networking/vlan { };
 
   vmtouch = callPackage ../tools/misc/vmtouch { };