diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/foot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/foot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..02909ee1f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/foot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit
+, fcft, freetype, pixman, libxkbcommon, fontconfig, wayland
+, meson, ninja, ncurses, scdoc, tllist, wayland-protocols, pkg-config
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "foot";
+  version = "1.4.4";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot.git";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "1cr4sz075v18clh8nlvgyxlbvfkhbsg0qrqgnclip5rwa24ry1lg";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson ninja ncurses scdoc tllist wayland-protocols pkg-config
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    fontconfig freetype pixman wayland libxkbcommon fcft
+  ];
+
+  # recommended build flags for foot as per INSTALL.md
+  # https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/src/branch/master/INSTALL.md#user-content-release-build
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export CFLAGS+="-O3 -fno-plt"
+  '';
+
+  mesonFlags = [ "--buildtype=release" "-Db_lto=true" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/";
+    description = "A fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fcft/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fcft/default.nix
index 2cb056437cb..0c5d2b334ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/fcft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fcft/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchgit, pkg-config, meson, ninja, scdoc
-,freetype, fontconfig, pixman, tllist }:
+,freetype, fontconfig, pixman, tllist, check }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "fcft";
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config meson ninja scdoc ];
   buildInputs = [ freetype fontconfig pixman tllist ];
+  checkInputs = [ check ];
+
+  mesonFlags = [ "--buildtype=release" ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fcft";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a4fcd741bb9..78ec63174cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20115,6 +20115,8 @@ in
 
   foo-yc20 = callPackage ../applications/audio/foo-yc20 { };
 
+  foot = callPackage ../applications/misc/foot { };
+
   fossil = callPackage ../applications/version-management/fossil { };
 
   freebayes = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/freebayes { };