diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 856d2280efe..b6d16311a81 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -7349,6 +7349,12 @@
     githubId = 1758708;
     name = "Răzvan Flavius Panda";
   };
+  rb2k = {
+    email = "nix@marc-seeger.com";
+    github = "rb2k";
+    githubId = 9519;
+    name = "Marc Seeger";
+  };
   rbasso = {
     email = "rbasso@sharpgeeks.net";
     github = "rbasso";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsmartcols/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsmartcols/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb3de08cf72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsmartcols/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, python3 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libsmartcols";
+  version = "v2.36.1";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig python3 ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "karelzak";
+    repo = "util-linux";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0z7nv054pqhlihqiw0vk3h40j0cxk1yxf8zzh0ddmvk6834cnyxs";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--disable-all-programs" "--enable-libsmartcols" ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    make libsmartcols.la
+  '';
+
+  installTargets = [ "install-am" "install-pkgconfigDATA" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "smart column output alignment library";
+    homepage = https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/tree/master/libsmartcols;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux ++ stdenv.lib.platforms.darwin;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ rb2k ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 90c133809a2..a8d38227020 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5178,6 +5178,8 @@ in
 
   libcryptui = callPackage ../development/libraries/libcryptui { };
 
+  libsmartcols = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsmartcols { };
+
   libsmi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libsmi { };
 
   libgen-cli = callPackage ../tools/misc/libgen-cli { };