diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/featherpad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/featherpad/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dbdc13ece2a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/featherpad/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, qt5, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+with qt5;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.9.1";
+  name = "featherpad-${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "tsujan";
+    repo = "FeatherPad";
+    rev = "V${version}";
+    sha256 = "053j14f6fw31cdnfr8hqpxw6jh2v65z43qchdsymbrk5zji8gxla";
+  };
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake pkgconfig qttools ];
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase qtsvg qtx11extras ];
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Lightweight Qt5 Plain-Text Editor for Linux";
+    homepage = https://github.com/tsujan/FeatherPad;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.flosse ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9e404360eaec..e1404f123d5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2544,6 +2544,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   fdm = callPackage ../tools/networking/fdm {};
 
+  featherpad = callPackage ../applications/editors/featherpad {};
+
   feedreader = callPackage ../applications/networking/feedreaders/feedreader {};
 
   ferm = callPackage ../tools/networking/ferm { };