diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/u001/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/u001/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc2f3a48636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/u001/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib, stdenvNoCC, fetchzip }:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "u001";
+  version = "unstable-2016-08-01"; # date in the zip file, actual creation date unknown
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://fontlibrary.org/assets/downloads/u001/3ea00b3c0c8fa6ce4373e5766fafd651/u001.zip";
+    sha256 = "sha256-7H32pfr0g68XP5B48VUY99e6fbd7rhH6fEnCKNXWEkU=";
+    stripRoot = false;
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    TTF_DIR=$out/share/fonts/truetype
+
+    mkdir -p $TTF_DIR
+
+    # We’ll adjust the nonstandard naming convention here
+    cp u001-reg.ttf $TTF_DIR/U001-Regular.ttf
+    cp u001-ita.ttf $TTF_DIR/U001-Italic.ttf
+    cp u001-bol.ttf $TTF_DIR/U001-Bold.ttf
+    cp u001-bolita.ttf $TTF_DIR/U001-BoldItalic.ttf
+    cp u001con-reg.ttf $TTF_DIR/U001Condensed-Regular.ttf
+    cp u001con-ita.ttf $TTF_DIR/U001Condensed-Italic.ttf
+    cp u001con-bol.ttf $TTF_DIR/U001Condensed-Bold.ttf
+    cp u001con-bolita.ttf $TTF_DIR/U001Condensed-BoldItalic.ttf
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A Univers-like typeface that comes with GhostPDL made by URW++";
+    homepage = "https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/u001";
+    license = licenses.aladdin;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ toastal ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 432f56dd83c..095d7222173 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25389,6 +25389,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   uw-ttyp0 = callPackage ../data/fonts/uw-ttyp0 { inherit (xorg) fonttosfnt mkfontdir; };
 
+  u001-font = callPackage ../data/fonts/u001 { };
+
   vanilla-dmz = callPackage ../data/icons/vanilla-dmz { };
 
   vdrsymbols = callPackage ../data/fonts/vdrsymbols { };