diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/akku/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/akku/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1baf2e0b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/akku/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, guile, curl, substituteAll }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "akku";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "akkuscm";
+    repo = "akku";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1pi18aamg1fd6f9ynfl7zx92052xzf0zwmhi2pwcwjs1kbah19f5";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # substitute libcurl path
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./hardcode-libcurl.patch;
+      libcurl = "${curl.out}/lib/libcurl${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ guile ];
+
+  # Use a dummy package index to boostrap Akku
+  preBuild = ''
+    touch bootstrap.db
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [ "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://akkuscm.org/";
+    description = "Language package manager for Scheme";
+    changelog = "https://gitlab.com/akkuscm/akku/-/raw/v${version}/NEWS.md";
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ marsam ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/akku/hardcode-libcurl.patch b/pkgs/tools/package-management/akku/hardcode-libcurl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c5b8b50c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/akku/hardcode-libcurl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- old/private/http.scm
++++ new/private/http.scm
+@@ -101,14 +101,7 @@
+                  ;; shouldn't, but it's an old issue.
+                  (log/error "Could not load libcurl. Please install the curl development(!) package.")
+                  (exit 1)))
+-          (case (os-name)
+-            ((darwin) (set! libcurl (open-shared-object "libcurl.dylib")))
+-            ((msys) (set! libcurl (open-shared-object "msys-curl-4")))
+-            (else
+-             (guard (exn
+-                     (else
+-                      (set! libcurl (open-shared-object "libcurl.so.3"))))
+-               (set! libcurl (open-shared-object "libcurl.so.4"))))))
++          (set! libcurl (open-shared-object "@libcurl@")))
+         (letrec ()
+           (define %curl_global_init (foreign-procedure libcurl int curl_global_init (long)))
+           (call %curl_global_init #b11)))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 16abc141d98..6f512d7be9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -865,6 +865,8 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (plasma5Packages) kdialog;
   };
 
+  akku = callPackage ../tools/package-management/akku { };
+
   albert = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/albert {};
 
   arch-install-scripts = callPackage ../tools/misc/arch-install-scripts {};