diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/holo-build/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/holo-build/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f88ae08762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/holo-build/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles, perl, file }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "holo-build";
+  version = "1.6.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "holocm";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0lypbgf96bcc4m3968xa4il1zwprsdyc0pw6pl9mqq7djxabikd0";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace 'VERSION :=' 'VERSION ?='
+    substituteInPlace src/holo-build.sh \
+      --replace '/usr/lib/holo/holo-build' '${placeholder "out"}/lib/holo/holo-build'
+  '';
+
+  vendorSha256 = null;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles perl ];
+
+  subPackages = [ "src/holo-build" ];
+
+  buildFlagsArray = [ "-ldflags=-s -w -X github.com/holocm/holo-build/src/holo-build/common.version=${version}" ];
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    make build/man/holo-build.8 VERSION=${version}
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ file ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ln -s ../../go/bin/holo-build build/holo-build
+    go build -ldflags "-s -w -X github.com/holocm/holo-build/src/holo-build/common.version=${version}" -o build/dump-package ./src/dump-package
+    bash test/compiler/run_tests.sh
+    bash test/interface/run_tests.sh
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    installManPage build/man/*
+    installShellCompletion --bash --name holo-build util/autocomplete.bash
+    installShellCompletion --zsh --name _holo-build util/autocomplete.zsh
+
+    # install wrapper script
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/holo
+    mv $out/bin/holo-build $out/lib/holo/holo-build
+    cp src/holo-build.sh $out/bin/holo-build
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Cross-distribution system package compiler";
+    homepage = "http://holocm.org/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7c35b055ba0..2bf08bdd8bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10191,6 +10191,8 @@ in
     inherit (emacs.pkgs.melpaStablePackages) irony;
   };
 
+  holo-build = callPackage ../tools/package-management/holo-build { };
+
   hugs = callPackage ../development/interpreters/hugs { };
 
   openjfx11 = callPackage ../development/compilers/openjdk/openjfx/11.nix { };