diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/age/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/age/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bde597ba9f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/age/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "age";
+  version = "1.0.0-beta2";
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/FiloSottile/age";
+  modSha256 = "0kwdwhkxgqjd8h1p7pm4h4xidp2vk840h1j4qya4qz8bjf9vskl9";
+
+  subPackages = [
+    "cmd/age"
+    "cmd/age-keygen"
+  ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "FiloSottile";
+    repo = "age";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1n1ww8yjw0mg00dvnfmggww9kwp1hls0a85iv6vx9k89mzv8mdrq";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://age-encryption.org/";
+    description = "Modern encryption tool with small explicit keys";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tazjin ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b8ccb319ba54..8aa334676608 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2518,6 +2518,8 @@ in
     caps2esc = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/interception-tools/caps2esc.nix { };
   };
 
+  age = callPackage ../tools/security/age { };
+
   brotli = callPackage ../tools/compression/brotli { };
 
   biosdevname = callPackage ../tools/networking/biosdevname { };