diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c231361acb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "LAStools";
+  version = "201003"; # LAStools makes release-ish commits with a message containing their version number as YYMMDD; these align with their website changelog
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "LAStools";
+    repo = "LAStools";
+    rev = "635b76b42cc4912762da31b92f875df5310e1714";
+    sha256 = "0682ca3bp51lmfp46vsjnd1bqpn05g95pf4kclvjv1y8qivkxsaq";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    ./drop-64-suffix.patch # necessary to prevent '64' from being appended to the names of the executables
+  ];
+
+  hardeningDisable = [
+    "format"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Software for rapid LiDAR processing";
+    homepage = http://lastools.org/;
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ stephenwithph ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/drop-64-suffix.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/drop-64-suffix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2090baeb3b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/LAStools/drop-64-suffix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ endforeach(TARGET)
+ foreach(TARGET ${ALL_TARGETS})
+ 	target_link_libraries(${TARGET} LASlib)
+ 	set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../bin64)
+-	set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${TARGET}64)
++	set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${TARGET})
+ 	install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+ endforeach(TARGET)
+-- 
+2.28.0
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7e32adfa668..5bb4f4e1cf1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13521,6 +13521,8 @@ in
 
   lasso = callPackage ../development/libraries/lasso { };
 
+  LAStools = callPackage ../development/libraries/LAStools { };
+
   LASzip = callPackage ../development/libraries/LASzip { };
   LASzip2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/LASzip/LASzip2.nix { };