diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fff18534c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/axel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "axel-1.0b";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://wilmer.gaast.net/downloads/axel-1.0b.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1m3s3nviqi6n6iy7nzrdp31zn8pp6g923clsxf6m7yi1jfa1bifa";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A console downloading program. Has some features for parallel connections for faster downloading.";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 28b1efa02a0..8d64f3c4dad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv fuse;
   };
 
+  axel = import ../tools/networking/axel {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   azureus = import ../tools/networking/p2p/azureus {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv jdk swt;
   };