diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/mylvmbackup/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/mylvmbackup/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ba25c56c28fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/mylvmbackup/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, perlPackages
+, makeWrapper
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "mylvmbackup";
+  version = "0.16";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-vb7M3EPIrxIz6jUwm241fzaEz2czqdCObrFgSOSgJRU=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  buildInputs = [ perlPackages.perl ];
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs mylvmbackup
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace "prefix = /usr/local" "prefix = ${builtins.placeholder "out"}" \
+      --replace "sysconfdir = /etc" "sysconfdir = ${builtins.placeholder "out"}/etc" \
+      --replace "/usr/bin/install" "install"
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/mylvmbackup" \
+      --prefix PERL5LIB : "${perlPackages.makePerlPath (
+    with perlPackages; [
+      ConfigIniFiles
+      DBDmysql
+      DBI
+      TimeDate
+      FileCopyRecursive
+    ]
+  )}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://www.lenzg.net/mylvmbackup/";
+    description = "a tool for quickly creating full physical backups of a MySQL server's data files";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ryantm ];
+    platforms = with lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c62858ae99a3d..5559bf7d48240 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7319,6 +7319,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   mydumper = callPackage ../tools/backup/mydumper { };
 
+  mylvmbackup = callPackage ../tools/backup/mylvmbackup { };
+
   mysql2pgsql = callPackage ../tools/misc/mysql2pgsql { };
 
   mysqltuner = callPackage ../tools/misc/mysqltuner { };