diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6956c97db50f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/waf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, python2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "waf-${version}";
+  version = "1.8.19";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://waf.io/waf-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "e5df90556d1f70aca82bb5c5f46aa68d2377bae16b0db044eaa0559df8668c6f";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ python2 ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    python waf-light configure
+  '';
+  buildPhase = ''
+    python waf-light build
+  '';
+  installPhase = ''
+    install waf $out
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Meta build system";
+    homepage    = "https://waf.io/";
+    license     = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 33caf0a6b568..18f717f2e025 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3639,6 +3639,8 @@ let
 
   volumeicon = callPackage ../tools/audio/volumeicon { };
 
+  waf = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/waf { };
+
   wakelan = callPackage ../tools/networking/wakelan { };
 
   wavemon = callPackage ../tools/networking/wavemon { };