diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/chroma/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/chroma/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae4e26e2ca41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/chroma/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "chroma";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "alecthomas";
+    repo   = "chroma";
+    rev    = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "066a6rdmf670d3v5sc7chbn7db09ldgxjympb03pcqwk644dixb1";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "16cnc4scgkx8jan81ymha2q1kidm6hzsnip5mmgbxpqcc2h7hv9m";
+
+  subPackages = [ "cmd/chroma" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma";
+    description = "A general purpose syntax highlighter in pure Go";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c32428284d9c..8568354cecb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -926,6 +926,8 @@ in
     withDriver = false;
   };
 
+  chroma = callPackage ../tools/text/chroma { };
+
   clair = callPackage ../tools/admin/clair { };
 
   cloud-sql-proxy = callPackage ../tools/misc/cloud-sql-proxy { };