diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index b8f7b7d38f10f..e902f1331a9c4 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -3771,6 +3771,12 @@
     githubId = 1436960;
     name = "Christoph Hrdinka";
   };
+  hrhino = {
+    email = "hora.rhino@gmail.com";
+    github = "hrhino";
+    githubId = 28076058;
+    name = "Harrison Houghton";
+  };
   hschaeidt = {
     email = "he.schaeidt@gmail.com";
     github = "hschaeidt";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala-runners/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala-runners/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f04116d43d494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala-runners/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, jre, coursier }:
+
+let
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "scala-runners";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = name;
+    owner = "dwijnand";
+    rev = "95e03c9f9de0fe0ab61eeb6dea2a364f9d081d31";
+    sha256 = "0mvlc6fxsh5d6gsyak9n3g98g4r061n8pir37jpiqb7z00m9lfrx";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib
+    sed -ie "s_\Wcs\W_ ${coursier}/bin/coursier _" scala-runner
+    cp scala-runner $out/lib
+    ln -s $out/lib/scala-runner $out/bin/scala
+    ln -s $out/lib/scala-runner $out/bin/scalac
+    ln -s $out/lib/scala-runner $out/bin/scalap
+    ln -s $out/lib/scala-runner $out/bin/scaladoc
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dwijnand/scala-runners";
+    description = "An alternative implementation of the Scala distribution's runners";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hrhino ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bd6d5e94e1aee..01746ef2a15ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10851,6 +10851,10 @@ in
   scala_2_13 = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala/2.x.nix { majorVersion = "2.13"; jre = jdk8; };
 
   scala = scala_2_13;
+  scala-runners = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala-runners/default.nix {
+    coursier = callPackage ../development/tools/coursier { jre = jdk8; };
+    jre = jdk8;
+  };
 
   metal = callPackage ../development/libraries/metal { };
   metals = callPackage ../development/tools/metals { };