diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gripgen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gripgen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3ba5236590f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gripgen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ boost, catch2, cmake, fetchFromGitHub, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "gripgen";
+  version = "0.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sc0ty";
+    repo = "grip";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0bkqarylgzhis6fpj48qbifcd6a26cgnq8784hgnm707rq9kb0rx";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ boost catch2 ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/sc0ty/grip/";
+    description = "Indexed grep - fast search (grep like) in huge stack of files.";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e0a6b21a1621a..73a1c04d13126 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1774,6 +1774,8 @@ in
 
   gringo = callPackage ../tools/misc/gringo { };
 
+  gripgen = callPackage ../tools/text/gripgen { };
+
   grobi = callPackage ../tools/X11/grobi { };
 
   gscan2pdf = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gscan2pdf { };