diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/zthrottle/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/zthrottle/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66209ead6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/zthrottle/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, zsh }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "zthrottle";
+  version = "unstable-2017-7-24";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "anko";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "f62066661e49375baeb891fa8e43ad4527cbd0a0";
+    sha256 = "1ipvwmcsigzmxlg7j22cxpvdcgqckkmfpsnvzy18nbybd5ars9l5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zsh ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -D zthrottle $out/bin/zthrottle
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A program that throttles a pipeline, only letting a line through at most every $1 seconds.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/anko/zthrottle";
+    license = licenses.unlicense;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ronthecookie ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 974595bb119..6c6e55f85bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31643,5 +31643,7 @@ in
 
   xcolor = callPackage ../tools/graphics/xcolor { };
 
+  zthrottle = callPackage ../tools/misc/zthrottle { };
+
   zktree = callPackage ../applications/misc/zktree {};
 }