diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ifstat-legacy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ifstat-legacy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b7f4e1c2a04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ifstat-legacy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, net_snmp }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ifstat-legacy-${version}";
+  version = "1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://gael.roualland.free.fr/ifstat/ifstat-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "01zmv6vk5kh5xmd563xws8a1qnxjb6b6kv59yzz9r3rrghxhd6c5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ net_snmp ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $out/bin/ifstat $out/bin/ifstat-legacy
+    mv $out/share/man/man1/ifstat.1 $out/share/man/man1/ifstat-legacy.1
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Report network interfaces bandwith just like vmstat/iostat do for other system counters - legacy version";
+    homepage    = http://gael.roualland.free.fr/ifstat/;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+    license     = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5cf440207f86..e4474b098c03 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18358,6 +18358,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tini = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/tini {};
 
+  ifstat-legacy = callPackage ../tools/networking/ifstat-legacy { };
+
   isabelle = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/isabelle {
     polyml = polyml56;
     java = if stdenv.isLinux then jre else jdk;