diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/coolreader/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/coolreader/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3efed72cb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/coolreader/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ mkDerivation, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkg-config, lib,
+  qttools, fribidi, libunibreak }:
+
+mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "coolreader";
+  version = "3.2.45";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "buggins";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "cr${version}";
+    sha256 = "0nkk4d0j04yjwanjszq8h8hvx87rnwax2k6akm4bpjxwpcs4icws";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ qttools fribidi libunibreak ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/buggins/coolreader";
+    description = "Cross platform open source e-book reader";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus; # see https://github.com/buggins/coolreader/issues/80
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gebner ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e9e6234e92f3..ade139723c3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -935,6 +935,8 @@ in
 
   codespell = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication codespell;
 
+  coolreader = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/coolreader {};
+
   cozy = callPackage ../applications/audio/cozy-audiobooks { };
 
   ctrtool = callPackage ../tools/archivers/ctrtool { };