diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/deadnix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/deadnix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34fb92973bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/deadnix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, rustPlatform
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "deadnix";
+  version = "0.1.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "astro";
+    repo = "deadnix";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0ddnxmcr9fncgrqg1vvqcbx49c3lccdpb40h9rvzyldzy9xynzi7";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "19vgjv70vxgxssrxvdjwfl16bwdbdrpb2wzb3fg9vlz4fhbj2lv9";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Find and remove unused code in .nix source files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/astro/deadnix";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ astro ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index afa76760cd4..9d88bf53bfa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   deadcode = callPackage ../development/tools/deadcode { };
 
+  deadnix = callPackage ../development/tools/deadnix { };
+
   each = callPackage ../tools/text/each { };
 
   eclipse-mat = callPackage ../development/tools/eclipse-mat { };