diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ht/http-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ht/http-server/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a058ac255ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ht/http-server/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildNpmPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch2
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage rec {
+  pname = "http-server";
+  version = "14.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "http-party";
+    repo = "http-server";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-M/YC721QWJfz5sYX6RHm1U9WPHVRBD0ZL2/ceYItnhs=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # https://github.com/http-party/http-server/pull/875
+    (fetchpatch2 {
+      name = "regenerate-package-lock.patch";
+      url = "https://github.com/http-party/http-server/commit/0cbd85175f1a399c4d13c88a25c5483a9f1dea08.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-hJyiUKZfuSaXTsjFi4ojdaE3rPHgo+N8k5Hqete+zqk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-iUTDdcibnstbSxC7cD5WbwSxQbfiIL2iNyMWJ8izSu0=";
+
+  dontNpmBuild = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A simple zero-configuration command-line http server";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/http-party/http-server";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "http-server";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index 84e2dfa1289b..e541dbad0b5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ mapAliases {
   inherit (pkgs) hsd; # added 2023-08-19
   inherit (pkgs) html-minifier; # added 2023-08-19
   inherit (pkgs) htmlhint; # added 2023-08-19
+  inherit (pkgs) http-server; # added 2024-01-20
   hueadm = pkgs.hueadm; # added 2023-07-31
   inherit (pkgs) hyperpotamus; # added 2023-08-19
   immich = pkgs.immich-cli; # added 2023-08-19
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
index df6dc59e3c11..354dbaf2e231 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.json
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
 , "gulp"
 , "gulp-cli"
 , "he"
-, "http-server"
 , "hs-airdrop"
 , "ijavascript"
 , "inliner"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
index a7e1580f8d58..45c478949078 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages.nix
@@ -79283,69 +79283,6 @@ in
     bypassCache = true;
     reconstructLock = true;
   };
-  http-server = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
-    name = "http-server";
-    packageName = "http-server";
-    version = "14.1.1";
-    src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-server/-/http-server-14.1.1.tgz";
-      sha512 = "+cbxadF40UXd9T01zUHgA+rlo2Bg1Srer4+B4NwIHdaGxAGGv59nYRnGGDJ9LBk7alpS0US+J+bLLdQOOkJq4A==";
-    };
-    dependencies = [
-      sources."ansi-styles-4.3.0"
-      sources."async-2.6.4"
-      sources."basic-auth-2.0.1"
-      sources."call-bind-1.0.5"
-      sources."chalk-4.1.2"
-      sources."color-convert-2.0.1"
-      sources."color-name-1.1.4"
-      sources."corser-2.0.1"
-      sources."debug-3.2.7"
-      sources."define-data-property-1.1.1"
-      sources."eventemitter3-4.0.7"
-      sources."follow-redirects-1.15.3"
-      sources."function-bind-1.1.2"
-      sources."get-intrinsic-1.2.2"
-      sources."gopd-1.0.1"
-      sources."has-flag-4.0.0"
-      sources."has-property-descriptors-1.0.1"
-      sources."has-proto-1.0.1"
-      sources."has-symbols-1.0.3"
-      sources."hasown-2.0.0"
-      sources."he-1.2.0"
-      sources."html-encoding-sniffer-3.0.0"
-      sources."http-proxy-1.18.1"
-      sources."iconv-lite-0.6.3"
-      sources."lodash-4.17.21"
-      sources."mime-1.6.0"
-      sources."minimist-1.2.8"
-      sources."mkdirp-0.5.6"
-      sources."ms-2.1.3"
-      sources."object-inspect-1.13.1"
-      sources."opener-1.5.2"
-      sources."portfinder-1.0.32"
-      sources."qs-6.11.2"
-      sources."requires-port-1.0.0"
-      sources."safe-buffer-5.1.2"
-      sources."safer-buffer-2.1.2"
-      sources."secure-compare-3.0.1"
-      sources."set-function-length-1.1.1"
-      sources."side-channel-1.0.4"
-      sources."supports-color-7.2.0"
-      sources."union-0.5.0"
-      sources."url-join-4.0.1"
-      sources."whatwg-encoding-2.0.0"
-    ];
-    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
-    meta = {
-      description = "A simple zero-configuration command-line http server";
-      homepage = "https://github.com/http-party/http-server#readme";
-      license = "MIT";
-    };
-    production = true;
-    bypassCache = true;
-    reconstructLock = true;
-  };
   hs-airdrop = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
     name = "hs-airdrop";
     packageName = "hs-airdrop";