diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/kstart/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/kstart/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88ccc960bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/kstart/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+, keyutils
+, libkrb5
+, openafs
+, perl
+, pkg-config
+, enableSetPAG ? false
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "kstart";
+  version = "4.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rra";
+    repo = "kstart";
+    rev = "release/${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-MGWL4oNc0MZTGWqBEt2wRTkqoagiUTDrS0kz4ewbZZA=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    perl
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    keyutils
+    libkrb5
+    openafs
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-silent-rules"
+  ]
+  ++ (lib.optional enableSetPAG "--enable-setpag");
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    for f in k5start krenew; do
+      pod2man --release="${finalAttrs.version}" --center="kstart" docs/"$f".pod >docs/"$f".1
+    done
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  preCheck = ''
+    patchShebangs tests
+  '';
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    outputsToInstall = [ "out" "man" ];
+    description = "Modified version of kerberos tools that support automatic ticket refresh";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f5c81e0ac58..07f117a553e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1561,6 +1561,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ksnip = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/ksnip { };
 
+  kstart = callPackage ../tools/security/kstart { };
+
   kubevirt = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/kubevirt { };
 
   license-generator = callPackage ../tools/misc/license-generator { };