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+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libunwind, buildPackages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "strace";
+  version = "5.14";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://strace.io/files/${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-kBvubbXhfeutRTDdn/tNyalsSmVu2+HDFBt8swexHnM=";
+  };
+
+  depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  # On RISC-V platforms, LLVM's libunwind implementation is unsupported by strace.
+  # The build will silently fall back and -k will not work on RISC-V.
+  buildInputs = [ libunwind ]; # support -k
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--enable-mpers=check" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://strace.io/";
+    description = "A system call tracer for Linux";
+    license =  with licenses; [ lgpl21Plus gpl2Plus ]; # gpl2Plus is for the test suite
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ globin ma27 qyliss ];
+  };
+}