diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/bgnet/default.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/bgnet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e205129db194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/bgnet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, python, zip, fop }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "bgnet-${version}";
+  version = "3.0.21";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/bgnet.tgz;
+    sha256 = "00ggr5prc5i3w9gaaw2sadfq6haq7lmh0vdilaxx8xz9z5znxvyv";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ python zip fop ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -i "s/#disable=1/disable=1/" bin/bgvalidate
+    # build scripts need some love
+    patchShebangs .
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    mv * $out/
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Beej’s Guide to Network Programming";
+    homepage = https://beej.us/guide/bgnet/;
+    license = lib.licenses.unfree;
+
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ profpatsch ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3331f6d6b03c..3417d749d2ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11484,6 +11484,8 @@ in
 
   bakoma_ttf = callPackage ../data/fonts/bakoma-ttf { };
 
+  bgnet = callPackage ../data/documentation/bgnet { };
+
   cacert = callPackage ../data/misc/cacert { };
 
   caladea = callPackage ../data/fonts/caladea {};