diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/jbofihe/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/jbofihe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..111b019c3b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/jbofihe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, bison, flex, perl, }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "jbofihe";
+  version = "0.43";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lojban";
+    repo = "jbofihe";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1xx7x1256sjncyzx656jl6jl546vn8zz0siymqalz6v9yf341p98";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ bison flex perl ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+    (cd tests && ./run *.in)
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Parser & analyser for Lojban";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lojban/jbofihe";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chkno ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 28281fe24781..919aa2bb625d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6490,6 +6490,9 @@ in
   ispell = callPackage ../tools/text/ispell {};
 
   iodash = callPackage ../development/libraries/iodash { };
+
+  jbofihe = callPackage ../tools/text/jbofihe {};
+
   jumanpp = callPackage ../tools/text/jumanpp {};
 
   jump = callPackage ../tools/system/jump {};