diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index d51ea84e9ef..87d683fc2ea 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -15923,6 +15923,12 @@
     github = "kuwii";
     githubId = 10705175;
   };
+  kkharji = {
+    name = "kkharji";
+    email = "kkharji@protonmail.com";
+    github = "kkharji";
+    githubId = 65782666;
+  };
   melias122 = {
     name = "Martin Elias";
     email = "martin+nixpkgs@elias.sx";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-chef/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-chef/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82aed4809cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-chef/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchCrate }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "cargo-chef";
+  version = "0.1.50";
+
+  src = fetchCrate {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-d467uk4UCtAKcpFYODxIhRrYoIOHzxhoaJVMA9ErRAw=";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-5xj4/uxuMhlqY1ncrMU1IFWdVB4ZjHVXg0ZbRXDvIak=";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A cargo-subcommand to speed up Rust Docker builds using Docker layer caching";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/LukeMathWalker/cargo-chef";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kkharji ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 308c17cebc2..ddd1d648ecb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15328,6 +15328,7 @@ with pkgs;
   cargo-cache = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-cache {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
+  cargo-chef = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-chef { };
   cargo-crev = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-crev {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security SystemConfiguration CoreFoundation;
   };