diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/fdkaac/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/fdkaac/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55c0d7c597c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/fdkaac/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, autoreconfHook, fetchFromGitHub, fdk_aac }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "fdkaac";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nu774";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "16iwqmwagnb929byz8kj79pmmr0anbyv26drbavhppmxhk7rrpgh";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ fdk_aac ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Command line encoder frontend for libfdk-aac encder";
+    longDescription = ''
+      fdkaac reads linear PCM audio in either WAV, raw PCM, or CAF format,
+      and encodes it into either M4A / AAC file.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nu774/fdkaac";
+    license = licenses.zlib;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.lunik1 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0db4b476682f..c7fff8c8ab40 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3453,6 +3453,8 @@ in
 
   fdk_aac = callPackage ../development/libraries/fdk-aac { };
 
+  fdk-aac-encoder = callPackage ../applications/audio/fdkaac { };
+
   feedgnuplot = callPackage ../tools/graphics/feedgnuplot { };
 
   fbv = callPackage ../tools/graphics/fbv { };