diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mdcat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mdcat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ebc9840b077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mdcat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, pkgconfig, openssl, Security, ansi2html }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "mdcat";
+  version = "0.13.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lunaryorn";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "mdcat-${version}";
+    sha256 = "0xlcpyfmil7sszv4008v4ipqswz49as4nzac0kzmzsb86np191q0";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ (stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security) openssl ];
+
+  cargoSha256 = "16q17gm59lpjqa18q289cjmjlf2jicag12jz529x5kh11x6bjl8v";
+
+  checkInputs = [ ansi2html ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    # Skip tests that use the network.
+    cargo test -- --skip terminal::iterm2
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "cat for markdown";
+    homepage = https://github.com/lunaryorn/mdcat;
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ davidtwco ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fb906ed884ac..fa05dda099a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4343,6 +4343,11 @@ in
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
   };
 
+  mdcat = callPackage ../tools/text/mdcat {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
+    inherit (pythonPackages) ansi2html;
+  };
+
   medfile = callPackage ../development/libraries/medfile { };
 
   memtester = callPackage ../tools/system/memtester { };