diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixpkgs-vet/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixpkgs-vet/package.nix
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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  nix,
+  nix-update-script,
+  rustPlatform,
+}:
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "nixpkgs-vet";
+  version = "0.1.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "NixOS";
+    repo = "nixpkgs-vet";
+    tag = finalAttrs.version;
+    hash = "sha256-J61eOTeDMHt9f1XmKVrEMAFUgwHGmMxDoSyY3v72QVY=";
+  };
+
+  useFetchCargoVendor = true;
+  cargoHash = "sha256-H2JAIMJeVqp8xq75eLEBKiK2pBrgC7vgXXlqbrSUifE=";
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tool to vet (check) Nixpkgs, including its pkgs/by-name directory";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-vet";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    mainProgram = "nixpkgs-vet";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      philiptaron
+      willbush
+    ];
+  };
+})