diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/drawterm/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/drawterm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d3785a737f9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/drawterm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchgit
+, xorg
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "drawterm";
+  version = "unstable-2021-08-02";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://git.9front.org/plan9front/drawterm";
+    rev = "a130d441722ac3f759d2d83b98eb6aef7e84f97e";
+    sha256 = "R+W1XMqQqCrMwgX9lHRhxJPG6ZOvtQrU6HUsKfvfrBQ=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    xorg.libX11
+    xorg.libXt
+  ];
+
+  # TODO: macos
+  makeFlags = [ "CONF=unix" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm755 -t $out/bin/ drawterm
+    install -Dm644 -t $out/man/man1/ drawterm.1
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Connect to Plan9 CPU servers from other operating systems.";
+    homepage = "https://drawterm.9front.org/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ luc65r ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 427da8532f41..4db7fa5c2651 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23926,6 +23926,8 @@ with pkgs;
     buildServerGui = false;
   };
 
+  drawterm = callPackage ../tools/admin/drawterm { };
+
   droopy = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/networking/droopy { };
 
   drumgizmo = callPackage ../applications/audio/drumgizmo { };