diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tectonic/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tectonic/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6c3be63e033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tectonic/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, makeWrapper
+, fontconfig, harfbuzz-icu, openssl, pkgconfig }:
+
+with rustPlatform;
+
+buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "tectonic-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tectonic-typesetting";
+    repo = "tectonic";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0k5vkn112bjwh4wnxryzqz79dlja64k7s105mf3yaik136hqnmqv";
+  };
+
+  depsSha256 = "1vxvkh1v9x6j4ggbh6sysi5i3089hrs0mjbp910a1jljiav7l8nj";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ fontconfig harfbuzz-icu openssl ];
+
+  # tests fail due to read-only nix store
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Modernized, complete, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine, powered by XeTeX and TeXLive";
+    homepage = https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io/;
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.lluchs ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8145a3dbe802..35eb218432f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10397,6 +10397,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tecla = callPackage ../development/libraries/tecla { };
 
+  tectonic = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tectonic { };
+
   telepathy_glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/telepathy/glib { };
 
   telepathy_farstream = callPackage ../development/libraries/telepathy/farstream {};