diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail6/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail6/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..40be3d2944a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail6/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3Packages, lib }:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "getmail6";
+  version = "6.14";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = pname;
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1a3bw4wwdapd9n051dgwqldd8gwiipb5shaz08qwp1jndpvylm7d";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "getmailcore" ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # getmail spends a lot of effort to build an absolute path for
+    # documentation installation; too bad it is counterproductive now
+    sed -e '/datadir or prefix,/d' -i setup.py
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A program for retrieving mail";
+    homepage = "https://getmail6.org";
+    updateWalker = true;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbe ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dc49b02cc7ab..3177388f7d1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4335,6 +4335,8 @@ in
 
   getmail = callPackage ../tools/networking/getmail { };
 
+  getmail6 = callPackage ../tools/networking/getmail6 { };
+
   getopt = callPackage ../tools/misc/getopt { };
 
   gexiv2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gexiv2 { };