diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-script/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-script/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b13a1f66db2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/rust-script/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "rust-script";
+  version = "0.17.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "fornwall";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0jz8hlvl31c5h8whd6pnpmslw6w6alkxijd9lhgric1yypiym9x3";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-hg0QtxR1qm/x8G6HoN7xAyOwh9jiQvX2wWYjUR8YvMs=";
+
+  # TODO: switch to `cargoCheckType = "false"` after #138822 is merged
+  # tests only work in debug mode
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Run Rust files and expressions as scripts without any setup or compilation step";
+    homepage = "https://rust-script.org";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit /* or */ asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7b56ef9bbf65..c741d0c68459 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12508,6 +12508,7 @@ with pkgs;
   rust-cbindgen = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cbindgen {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
+  rust-script = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/rust-script { };
   rustup = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/rustup {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices Security;
   };