diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/vimpager/build.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/vimpager/build.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9733c7ef799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/vimpager/build.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, coreutils
+, sharutils
+, version
+, sha256
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit version;
+  name = "vimpager-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    inherit sha256;
+
+    owner  = "rkitover";
+    repo   = "vimpager";
+    rev    = "${version}";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ coreutils sharutils ]; # for uuencode
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+  ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    sed -i 's,/bin/cat,${coreutils}/bin/cat,g' vimpager
+    make
+  '';
+
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Use Vim as PAGER";
+    homepage    = "https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id = 1723";
+    license     = with licenses; [ bsd2 mit vim ];
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/vimpager/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/vimpager/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b1512db3cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/vimpager/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{ callPackage }:
+
+callPackage ./build.nix {
+  version = "2.06";
+  sha256  = "05yr7j72bw64nx7a0y6w9fjmz54zd4g46fn1qjfbbqvbc19fjpl8";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/vimpager/latest.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/vimpager/latest.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c98b9a000147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/vimpager/latest.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ callPackage }:
+
+callPackage ./build.nix {
+  version = "a4da4dfac44d1bbc6986c5c76fea45a60ebdd8e5";
+  sha256  = "0gcjpw2q263hh8w2sjvq3f3k2d28qpkkv0jnl8hw1l7v604i8zxg";
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd47e7032aff..0cd9051d2ca7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6135,6 +6135,9 @@ in
 
   vimer = callPackage ../tools/misc/vimer { };
 
+  vimpager = callPackage ../tools/misc/vimpager { };
+  vimpager-latest = callPackage ../tools/misc/vimpager/latest.nix { };
+
   visidata = (newScope python3Packages) ../applications/misc/visidata {
   };