diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/credential-detector/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/credential-detector/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e3497b0ca0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/credential-detector/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "credential-detector";
+  version = "1.7.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ynori7";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1g5ja32rsf1b7y9gvmy29qz2ymyyvgh53wzd6vvknfla1df0slab";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "1mn3sysvdz4b94804gns1yssk2q08djq3kq3cd1h7gm942zwrnq4";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Tool to detect potentially hard-coded credentials";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ynori7/credential-detector";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cd2f731315d5..cca7bd761ead 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   creddump = callPackage ../tools/security/creddump {};
 
+  credential-detector = callPackage ../tools/security/credential-detector { };
+
   credslayer = callPackage ../tools/security/credslayer { };
 
   device-tree_rpi = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/device-tree/raspberrypi.nix {};