diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/catdocx/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/catdocx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..adf9d17815b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/catdocx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, unzip, catdoc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "catdocx-20170102";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jncraton";
+    repo = "catdocx";
+    rev = "04fa0416ec1f116d4996685e219f0856d99767cb";
+    sha256 = "1sxiqhkvdqn300ygfgxdry2dj2cqzjhkzw13c6349gg5vxfypcjh";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/libexec $out/bin
+    cp catdocx.sh $out/libexec
+    chmod +x $out/libexec/catdocx.sh
+    wrapProgram $out/libexec/catdocx.sh --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ unzip catdoc ]}"
+    ln -s $out/libexec/catdocx.sh $out/bin/catdocx
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Extracts plain text from docx files";
+    homepage = https://github.com/jncraton/catdocx;
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.michalrus ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1b4fbf8c1e6f..80a656850c6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -931,6 +931,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   catdoc = callPackage ../tools/text/catdoc { };
 
+  catdocx = callPackage ../tools/text/catdocx { };
+
   catclock = callPackage ../applications/misc/catclock { };
 
   cde = callPackage ../tools/package-management/cde { };