diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/heatshrink/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/heatshrink/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..290e2dc9d8ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/heatshrink/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "heatshrink";
+  version = "0.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "atomicobject";
+    repo = "heatshrink";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Nm9/+JFMDXY1N90hmNFGh755V2sXSRQ4VBN9f8TcsGk=";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib,include}
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkTarget = "test";
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+    echo "Hello world" | \
+      $out/bin/heatshrink -e - | \
+      $out/bin/heatshrink -d - | \
+      grep "Hello world"
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A data compression/decompression library for embedded/real-time systems";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/atomicobject/heatshrink";
+    license = licenses.isc;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2024c519fcd2..a60451f4d1a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7257,6 +7257,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   heaptrack = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/tools/profiling/heaptrack {};
 
+  heatshrink = callPackage ../tools/compression/heatshrink { };
+
   heimdall = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/heimdall { };
 
   heimdall-gui = heimdall.override { enableGUI = true; };