diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/kawkab-mono/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/kawkab-mono/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f6e430f7a24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/kawkab-mono/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "kawkab-mono-20151015";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://makkuk.com/kawkab-mono/downloads/kawkab-mono-0.1.zip";
+    sha256 = "16pv9s4q7199aacbzfi2d10rcrq77vyfvzcy42g80nhfrkz1cb0m";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
+  sourceRoot = ".";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/truetype
+    cp *.ttf $out/share/fonts/truetype
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An arab fixed-width font";
+    homepage = "http://makkuk.com/kawkab-mono/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.ofl;
+  };
+}
+
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b1608bf2f2e5..cd5462b15b09 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10537,6 +10537,8 @@ let
 
   junicode = callPackage ../data/fonts/junicode { };
 
+  kawkab-mono-font = callPackage ../data/fonts/kawkab-mono {};
+
   kochi-substitute = callPackage ../data/fonts/kochi-substitute {};
 
   kochi-substitute-naga10 = callPackage ../data/fonts/kochi-substitute-naga10 {};