diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/c2nim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/c2nim/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..408e4fbee96e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/c2nim/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromGitHub, SDL2 }:
+
+buildNimPackage rec {
+  pname = "c2nim";
+  version = "0.9.18";
+  nimBinOnly = true;
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nim-lang";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-127ux36mfC+PnS2HIQffw+z0TSvzdQXnKRxqYV3XahU=";
+  };
+  meta = with lib;
+    src.meta // {
+      description = "Tool to translate Ansi C code to Nim";
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = [ maintainers.ehmry ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
index 7d9e6c512f44..5d45b0c5eca9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self:
 
     chroma = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/chroma { };
 
+    c2nim = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/c2nim { };
+
     docopt = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/docopt { };
 
     flatty = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/flatty { };