diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/compdb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/compdb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6d6d75283d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/compdb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python3
+}:
+
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "compdb";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Sarcasm";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-nFAgTrup6V5oE+LP4UWDOCgTVCv2v9HbQbkGW+oDnTg=";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Command line tool to manipulate compilation databases";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Sarcasm/compdb";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.detegr ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8b17774ef388..c2e94362d2ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   commix = callPackage ../tools/security/commix { };
 
+  compdb = callPackage ../tools/misc/compdb { };
+
   conserver = callPackage ../tools/misc/conserver { };
 
   containerpilot = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/containerpilot { };