diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gojq/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gojq/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d78c587cfbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gojq/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, testVersion, gojq }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "gojq";
+  version = "0.12.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "itchyny";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-aQZLuwMFnggtwHZaE6KGBKJSbtmAz+Cs1RqLgvIsO24=";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-b7TQywIOxzFnUNwgxGFR3W++QGHYUROBG7P/lTRmhGc=";
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
+
+  passthru.tests.version = testVersion {
+    package = gojq;
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Pure Go implementation of jq";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/itchyny/gojq";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aaronjheng ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6c3b79a20c3..76866275b70 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   glade = callPackage ../development/tools/glade { };
 
+  gojq = callPackage ../development/tools/gojq { };
+
   gpick = callPackage ../tools/misc/gpick { };
 
   hobbes = callPackage ../development/tools/hobbes { };