diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip3/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fce055ce9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/bzip3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "bzip3";
+  version = "1.1.3";
+
+  outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "out" ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kspalaiologos";
+    repo = "bzip3";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-puGtaL76p4BzSiTPf3qFgXN4pz90CDU9dziGIszk3to=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    echo -n "${version}" > .tarball-version
+    patchShebangs build-aux
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+  ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--disable-arch-native"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A better and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/blob/${src.rev}/NEWS";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ dotlambda ];
+    # upstream supports Darwin but I couldn't get it to work
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0d763d9f5d1e..34e5d0d008ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4490,6 +4490,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   bzip2_1_1 = callPackage ../tools/compression/bzip2/1_1.nix { };
 
+  bzip3 = callPackage ../tools/compression/bzip3 {
+    stdenv = clangStdenv;
+  };
+
   cabextract = callPackage ../tools/archivers/cabextract { };
 
   cadaver = callPackage ../tools/networking/cadaver { };