diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index dec4a1f..2b78de4 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ in
     mt_lutspa = callPythonPackage ./plugins/mt_lutspa { };
     nnedi3_resample = callPythonPackage ./plugins/nnedi3_resample { };
     nnedi3_rpow2 = callPythonPackage ./plugins/nnedi3_rpow2 { };
+    vsutil = callPythonPackage ./plugins/vsutil { };
 
     mvsfunc = callPythonPackage ./plugins/mvsfunc { };
   };
diff --git a/plugins/vsutil/default.nix b/plugins/vsutil/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f4c636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/vsutil/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, vapoursynth }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "vsutil";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  # there are no tests in the pypi tarball
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Irrational-Encoding-Wizardry";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0pv3910g5cdx132cq9f3g7rb3yxyxyvw9110vsl196xswkccl8n8";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Vapoursynth is not recognised during installation. Since this package
+    # provides tests, a dependency problem should be catched by them.
+    ./disable-vapoursynth-install-requirement.diff
+    # By default, test failure does not fail the build.
+    ./fail-tests.diff
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ vapoursynth ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A collection of general purpose Vapoursynth functions to be reused in modules and scripts";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Irrational-Encoding-Wizardry/vsutil";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sbruder ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/plugins/vsutil/disable-vapoursynth-install-requirement.diff b/plugins/vsutil/disable-vapoursynth-install-requirement.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a60048f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/vsutil/disable-vapoursynth-install-requirement.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index a66f14c..a7de6b4 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -45,7 +48,6 @@ setup(
+     author_email=meta['__author__'].split()[1][1:-1],
+     description='A collection of general-purpose Vapoursynth functions to be reused in modules and scripts.',
+     install_requires=[
+-        "vapoursynth"
+     ],
+     cmdclass={
+         'test': DiscoverTest
diff --git a/plugins/vsutil/fail-tests.diff b/plugins/vsutil/fail-tests.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0390368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/vsutil/fail-tests.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index a66f14c..a7de6b4 100644
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ class DiscoverTest(test):
+ 
+     def run_tests(self):
+         import os
++        import sys
+         import unittest
+         path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "tests")
+         runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2)
+         suite = unittest.TestLoader().discover(path, pattern="test_*.py")
+-        runner.run(suite)
++        result = runner.run(suite)
++        if not result.wasSuccessful():
++            sys.exit(1)
+ 
+ 
+ setup(