diff --git a/pkgs/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/all-packages.nix
index 67b64dc..8538a12 100644
--- a/pkgs/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/all-packages.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ self: super: pkgs: with pkgs; {
 
   sambamba = callPackage ./sambamba.nix { };
 
+  samblaster = callPackage ./samblaster.nix { };
+
   idba = callPackage ./idba.nix { };
 
   nixStable = ( super.nixStable.override { confDir= "/nix/etc"; } ).overrideAttrs
diff --git a/pkgs/samblaster.nix b/pkgs/samblaster.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..849f6e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/samblaster.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.1.24";
+  name = "samblaster-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit name;
+    owner = "GregoryFaust";
+    repo = "samblaster";
+    rev = "v.${version}";
+    sha256 = "0iv2ddfw8363vb2x8gr3p8g88whb6mb9m0pf71i2cqsbv6jghap7";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+    cp samblaster "$out/bin"
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A fast and flexible program for marking duplicates in read-id grouped paired-end SAM files.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/GregoryFaust/samblaster;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}