diff --git a/pkgs/tools/nix/nixel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixel/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ce14a8d312f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixel/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, testers
+, nixel
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "nixel";
+  version = "4.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kamadorueda";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-dQ3wzBTjteqk9rju+FMAO+ydimnGu24Y2DEDLX/P+1A=";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-1OsHs0W3ji9Kgpv7nGY9XyGxJ4c0faN2VuFLsdwkgKY=";
+
+  # Package requires a non reproducible submodule
+  # https://github.com/kamadorueda/nixel/blob/2873bd84bf4fc540d0ae8af062e109cc9ad40454/.gitmodules#L7
+  doCheck = false;
+  #
+  # Let's test it runs
+  passthru.tests = {
+    version = testers.testVersion { package = nixel; };
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Lexer, Parser, Abstract Syntax Tree and Concrete Syntax Tree for the Nix Expressions Language";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kamadorueda/nixel";
+    license = licenses.agpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kamadorueda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 229a23d2349b..9050a4cb7c0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4095,6 +4095,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nix-direnv = callPackage ../tools/misc/nix-direnv { };
 
+  nixel = callPackage ../tools/nix/nixel { };
+
   nix-output-monitor = callPackage ../tools/nix/nix-output-monitor { };
 
   nix-template = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-template {