diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/grip-search/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/grip-search/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..921691a40afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/grip-search/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, boost, pkgconfig, cmake, catch2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "grip-search";
+  version = "0.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sc0ty";
+    repo = "grip";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0bkqarylgzhis6fpj48qbifcd6a26cgnq8784hgnm707rq9kb0rx";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig cmake catch2 ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  buildInputs = [ boost ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/general/config.h --replace "CUSTOM-BUILD" "${version}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Fast, indexed regexp search over large file trees";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sc0ty/grip";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ tex ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 59fab26b3fca..dbcdb3cf4a1e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18740,6 +18740,8 @@ in
 
   grepm = callPackage ../applications/search/grepm { };
 
+  grip-search = callPackage ../tools/text/grip-search { };
+
   grip = callPackage ../applications/misc/grip {
     inherit (gnome2) libgnome libgnomeui vte;
   };