diff --git a/pkgs/development/php-packages/phan/default.nix b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..570d96ac2df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/php-packages/phan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, php
+, mkDerivation
+, fetchurl
+, makeWrapper
+}:
+let
+  php' = php.withExtensions ({ enabled, all }: enabled ++ [ all.ast ]);
+in
+mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "phan";
+  version = "5.4.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/phan/phan/releases/download/${version}/phan.phar";
+    hash = "sha256-DJr1BWAfNI3hYvmBui5Dp+n7ec+f+gkOso21KEd6m8I=";
+  };
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    install -D $src $out/libexec/phan/phan.phar
+    makeWrapper ${php'}/bin/php $out/bin/phan \
+      --add-flags "$out/libexec/phan/phan.phar"
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Static analyzer for PHP";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Phan is a static analyzer for PHP. Phan prefers to avoid false-positives
+      and attempts to prove incorrectness rather than correctness.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/phan/phan";
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.apeschar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index 410e28827d8d..8b4463bde3bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: with self; {
 
     grumphp = callPackage ../development/php-packages/grumphp { };
 
+    phan = callPackage ../development/php-packages/phan { };
+
     phing = callPackage ../development/php-packages/phing { };
 
     phive = callPackage ../development/php-packages/phive { };