diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69e7b2628787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  pname = "paco";
+  version = "1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "pacolang";
+    repo = "paco";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "03x75h40dhjswbf2g1408krj9b1w05y9pjzygzhklldc75r3n9dh";
+  };
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/pacolang/paco";
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple compiled programming language";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pacolang/paco";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hugolgst ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a3ec48b7f1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/paco/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# file generated from go.mod using vgo2nix (https://github.com/adisbladis/vgo2nix)
+[
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/davecgh/go-spew";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew";
+      rev = "v1.1.0";
+      sha256 = "0d4jfmak5p6lb7n2r6yvf5p1zcw0l8j74kn55ghvr7zr7b7axm6c";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/gookit/color";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/gookit/color";
+      rev = "v1.1.7";
+      sha256 = "02gq82i9srr8bv5yhgkmn5j1r3pn8wspiisvhpbyhykm1fn736mz";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/kr/pty";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/kr/pty";
+      rev = "v1.1.1";
+      sha256 = "0383f0mb9kqjvncqrfpidsf8y6ns5zlrc91c6a74xpyxjwvzl2y6";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/kr/text";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/kr/text";
+      rev = "v0.1.0";
+      sha256 = "1gm5bsl01apvc84bw06hasawyqm4q84vx1pm32wr9jnd7a8vjgj1";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/niemeyer/pretty";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/niemeyer/pretty";
+      rev = "a10e7caefd8e";
+      sha256 = "1jmazh4xzaa3v6g46hz60q2z7nmqs9l9cxdzmmscn3kbcs2znq4v";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/pmezard/go-difflib";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/pmezard/go-difflib";
+      rev = "v1.0.0";
+      sha256 = "0c1cn55m4rypmscgf0rrb88pn58j3ysvc2d0432dp3c6fqg6cnzw";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/stretchr/objx";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/stretchr/objx";
+      rev = "v0.1.0";
+      sha256 = "19ynspzjdynbi85xw06mh8ad5j0qa1vryvxjgvbnyrr8rbm4vd8w";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/stretchr/testify";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/stretchr/testify";
+      rev = "v1.3.0";
+      sha256 = "0wjchp2c8xbgcbbq32w3kvblk6q6yn533g78nxl6iskq6y95lxsy";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/check.v1";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://gopkg.in/check.v1";
+      rev = "8fa46927fb4f";
+      sha256 = "0fx03x0nx9mjwnqphnx852q9p76qg7cazrachvgr1bj357lplrcw";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "gopkg.in/pipe.v2";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://gopkg.in/pipe.v2";
+      rev = "3c2ca4d52544";
+      sha256 = "090wrj4n6a6pzdlakcxy9qnkngc8hp6m49ipbnlszs0hyj2hnngv";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 981f40a6d426..502c440ad00b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6128,6 +6128,8 @@ in
 
   pacman = callPackage ../tools/package-management/pacman { };
 
+  paco = callPackage ../development/compilers/paco { };
+
   padthv1 = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/audio/padthv1 { };
 
   page = callPackage ../tools/misc/page { };