diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ko/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ko/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4754a32db825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ko/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, git
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "ko";
+  version = "0.8.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "google";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-LoOXZY4uF7GSS3Dh/ozCsLJTxgmPmZZuEisJ4ShjCBc=";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = null;
+  excludedPackages = "test";
+  checkInputs = [ git ];
+  preCheck = ''
+    git init
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A simple, fast container image builder for Go applications.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/google/ko";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickcao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3888d415ca6d..b7c132b970cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13764,6 +13764,8 @@ in
 
   khronos-ocl-icd-loader = callPackage ../development/libraries/khronos-ocl-icd-loader {  };
 
+  ko = callPackage ../development/tools/ko { };
+
   krankerl = callPackage ../development/tools/krankerl { };
 
   krew = callPackage ../development/tools/krew { };