diff --git a/pkgs/games/taisei/0001-lto-fix.patch b/pkgs/games/taisei/0001-lto-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eed7b845f53c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/taisei/0001-lto-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 80aa58d..c7e9d0a 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ project('taisei', 'c',
+         # You may want to change these for a debug build dir
+         'buildtype=release',
+         'strip=true',
+-        'b_lto=true',
++        'b_lto=false',
+         'b_ndebug=if-release',
+     ]
+ )
diff --git a/pkgs/games/taisei/default.nix b/pkgs/games/taisei/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3b76b4980e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/taisei/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl
+# Build depends
+, docutils, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, python3
+# Runtime depends
+, glfw, SDL2, SDL2_mixer
+, freetype, libpng, libwebp, libzip, zlib
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "taisei";
+  version = "1.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/taisei-project/${pname}/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-v${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0fl41cbjr8h6gmhc27l44cfkcnhg5c10b4fcfvnfsbjii8gdwvjd";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    docutils meson ninja pkgconfig python3
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glfw SDL2 SDL2_mixer
+    freetype libpng libwebp libzip zlib
+  ];
+
+  patches = [ ./0001-lto-fix.patch ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A free and open-source Touhou Project clone and fangame";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Taisei is an open clone of the Tōhō Project series. Tōhō is a one-man
+      project of shoot-em-up games set in an isolated world full of Japanese
+      folklore.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://taisei-project.org/;
+    license = [ licenses.mit licenses.cc-by-40 ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.lambda-11235 ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ae9c3936075..0bfa2b48da3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24082,6 +24082,8 @@ in
 
   t4kcommon = callPackage ../games/t4kcommon { };
 
+  taisei = callPackage ../games/taisei { };
+
   tcl2048 = callPackage ../games/tcl2048 { };
 
   the-powder-toy = callPackage ../games/the-powder-toy {