diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/yajsv/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/yajsv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e5f20bfbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/yajsv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+
+let version = "1.4.0";
+in buildGoModule {
+  pname = "yajsv";
+  version = version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "neilpa";
+    repo = "yajsv";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0smaij3905fqgcjmnfs58r6silhp3hyv7ccshk7n13fmllmsm7v7";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "0rmc31i5jra2qcqhw1azflmhawxasrq0d6qwd6qp250sj1jr6ahq";
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    $out/bin/yajsv -v > /dev/null
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Yet Another JSON Schema Validator";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/neilpa/yajsv";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ rycee ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 285f9ec31b0..3425dfa9ddf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10168,6 +10168,8 @@ in
 
   yafaray-core = callPackage ../tools/graphics/yafaray-core { };
 
+  yajsv = callPackage ../tools/misc/yajsv { };
+
   yapf = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication yapf;
 
   yarn = callPackage ../development/tools/yarn  { };