diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea6214284582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ mkDerivation, fetchFromGitHub
+, aeson, aeson-pretty, attoparsec, base, bytestring, conduit, conduit-extra
+, containers, exceptions, mtl, optparse-simple, parsec, scientific, stdenv
+, text, unordered-containers, vector
+}:
+mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "jl";
+  version = "0.0.4";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "chrisdone";
+    repo = "jl";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0wsdfj4m729q0kjpkn0ywpncdhvpvvprd4rh45vcg6kjw20krm3r";
+  };
+  isLibrary = true;
+  isExecutable = true;
+  libraryHaskellDepends = [
+    aeson attoparsec base bytestring containers exceptions mtl parsec
+    scientific text unordered-containers vector
+  ];
+  executableHaskellDepends = [
+    aeson aeson-pretty base bytestring conduit conduit-extra containers
+    mtl optparse-simple text vector
+  ];
+  license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  description = "Functional sed for JSON";
+  maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ fgaz ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 490f3b3f45bb..26d88ecd7c17 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3090,6 +3090,8 @@ with pkgs;
   jing = self.jing-trang;
   jing-trang = callPackage ../tools/text/xml/jing-trang { };
 
+  jl = haskellPackages.callPackage ../development/tools/jl { };
+
   jmespath = callPackage ../development/tools/jmespath { };
 
   jmtpfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/jmtpfs { };