diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/survex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/survex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e905e44e098f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/survex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchgit
+, autoreconfHook
+, pkg-config
+, wxGTK30-gtk3
+, ffmpeg
+, proj
+, perl532
+, unscii
+, python
+, libGL
+, libGLU
+, xlibsWrapper
+, docbook2x
+, docbook5
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "survex";
+  version = "1.2.44";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ docbook5 x11 libGL libGLU docbook2x autoreconfHook pkg-config wxGTK30-gtk3 ffmpeg proj python (perl532.withPackages (perlPackages: with perlPackages; [ LocalePO ] )) ];
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://git.survex.com/survex";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "11gaqmabrf3av665jy3mr0m8hg76fmvnd0g3rghzmyh8d8v6xk34";
+  };
+
+  # Docs rely on sgmltools-lite, a package that would be quite complex to
+  # provide as it is quite old. So this preConfigure hook effectively disables
+  # the doc generation. An example of packaging sgmltools-lite from Gentoo can
+  # be found here:
+  # https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/app-text/sgmltools-lite/sgmltools-lite-3.0.3-r15.ebuild?id=0b8b716331049599ea3299981e3a9ea6e258c5e0
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    echo "" > doc/Makefile.am
+  '';
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    # substituteInPlace doc/Makefile --replace "docbook2man" "docbook2man --sgml" # Will be needed once sgmltools-lite is packaged.
+    substituteInPlace lib/make-pixel-font --replace /usr/share/unifont/unifont.hex ${unscii.extra}/share/fonts/misc/unifont.hex
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Free Software/Open Source software package for mapping caves";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Survex is a Free Software/Open Source software package for mapping caves,
+      licensed under the GPL. It is designed to be portable and can be run on a
+      variety of platforms, including Linux/Unix, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://survex.com/";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ojwb/survex/blob/${version}/NEWS";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.matthewcroughan ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4988effa1769..86eab6704c48 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26738,6 +26738,8 @@ in
     git = gitMinimal;
   };
 
+  survex = callPackage ../applications/misc/survex { };
+
   sunvox = callPackage ../applications/audio/sunvox { };
 
   svkbd = callPackage ../applications/accessibility/svkbd { };