diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/mdctags/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/mdctags/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac6170216012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/mdctags/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  pname = "mdctags";
+  version = "unstable-2020-06-11"; # v0.1.0 does not build with our rust version
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "wsdjeg";
+    repo = "mdctags.rs";
+    rev = "0ed9736ea0c77e6ff5b560dda46f5ed0a983ed82";
+    sha256 = "14gryhgh9czlkfk75ml0620c6v8r74i6h3ykkkmc7gx2z8h1jxrb";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "01ap2w755vbr01nfqc5185mr2w9y32g0d4ahc3lw2x3m8qv0bh6x";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "tags for markdown file";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/wsdjeg/mdctags.rs";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pacien ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d0817904c93b..b7118acedbe7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14987,6 +14987,8 @@ in
 
   mbedtls = callPackage ../development/libraries/mbedtls { };
 
+  mdctags = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/mdctags { };
+
   mdds = callPackage ../development/libraries/mdds { };
 
   mediastreamer = callPackage ../development/libraries/mediastreamer { };