diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/efont-unicode/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/efont-unicode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4ea61cbc9eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/efont-unicode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip, libfaketime, xorg }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "efont-unicode";
+  version = "0.4.2";
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/efont/dist/unicode-bdf/${pname}-bdf-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0bib3jgikq8s1m96imw4mlgbl5cbq1bs5sqig74s2l2cdfx3jaqc";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with xorg;
+    [ libfaketime bdftopcf fonttosfnt mkfontscale ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    # convert bdf fonts to pcf
+    for f in *.bdf; do
+        bdftopcf -t -o "''${f%.bdf}.pcf" "$f"
+    done
+    gzip -n -9 *.pcf
+
+    # convert bdf fonts to otb
+    for f in *.bdf; do
+        faketime -f "1970-01-01 00:00:01" \
+        fonttosfnt -v -m 2 -o "''${f%.bdf}.otb" "$f"
+    done
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    dir=share/fonts/misc
+    install -D -m 644 -t "$out/$dir" *.otb *.pcf.gz
+    install -D -m 644 -t "$bdf/$dir" *.bdf
+    mkfontdir "$out/$dir"
+    mkfontdir "$bdf/$dir"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "bdf" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "The /efont/ Unicode bitmap font";
+    homepage = "http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/efont/unicode/";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ncfavier ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ef91641dd587..aad01158c38b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21845,6 +21845,8 @@ in
 
   edusong = callPackage ../data/fonts/edusong { };
 
+  efont-unicode = callPackage ../data/fonts/efont-unicode { };
+
   elliptic_curves = callPackage ../data/misc/elliptic_curves { };
 
   equilux-theme = callPackage ../data/themes/equilux-theme { };