diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..388942f6ad87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, openssl, curl }:
+
+with rustPlatform;
+
+buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "nix-index-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "bennofs";
+    repo = "nix-index";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1lmg65yqkwf2a5qxm3dmv8158kqhnriir062vlgar5wimf409rm5";
+  };
+  depsSha256 = "0v145fi9bfiwvsdy7hz9lw4m2f2j8sxvixfzmjwfnq4klm51c8yl";
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig openssl curl];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/etc/profile.d
+    cp ./command-not-found.sh $out/etc/profile.d/command-not-found.sh
+    substituteInPlace $out/etc/profile.d/command-not-found.sh \
+      --replace "@out@" "$out"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A files database for nixpkgs";
+    homepage = https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index;
+    license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bennofs ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f3dc88a54e23..45d78e33794b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18674,6 +18674,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   nix-bundle = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-bundle { nix = nixUnstable; };
 
+  nix-index = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-index { };
+
   inherit (callPackages ../tools/package-management/nix-prefetch-scripts { })
     nix-prefetch-bzr
     nix-prefetch-cvs