diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/kustomize/3.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/kustomize/3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa99256faa84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/kustomize/3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "kustomize_3";
+  version = "3.10.0";
+  # rev is the commit of the tag, mainly for kustomize version command output
+  rev = "602ad8aa98e2e17f6c9119e027a09757e63c8bec";
+
+  ldflags = let t = "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/provenance"; in [
+    "-s -w"
+    "-X ${t}.version=${version}"
+    "-X ${t}.gitCommit=${rev}"
+  ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kubernetes-sigs";
+    repo = "kustomize";
+    rev = "kustomize/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-ESIykbAKXdv8zM9be0zEJ71rBAzZby0aTg25NlCsIOM=";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  # avoid finding test and development commands
+  sourceRoot = "source/kustomize";
+
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-xLeetcmzvpILLLMhMx7oahWLxguFjG3qbYpeeWpFUlw=";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Customization of kubernetes YAML configurations";
+    longDescription = ''
+      kustomize lets you customize raw, template-free YAML files for
+      multiple purposes, leaving the original YAML untouched and usable
+      as is.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ carlosdagos vdemeester zaninime Chili-Man saschagrunert ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 82a7c017efd0..7a3b1b68cc6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13718,6 +13718,8 @@ in
 
   kustomize = callPackage ../development/tools/kustomize { };
 
+  kustomize_3 = callPackage ../development/tools/kustomize/3.nix { };
+
   kustomize-sops = callPackage ../development/tools/kustomize/kustomize-sops.nix { };
 
   ktlint = callPackage ../development/tools/ktlint { };