diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/netbsd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/netbsd/default.nix
index c53b7e50b9f3..d7f7c64fc2d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/netbsd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/bsd/netbsd/default.nix
@@ -548,6 +548,12 @@ let
     NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DYESSTR=__YESSTR -DNOSTR=__NOSTR";
   };
 
+  column = netBSDDerivation {
+    path = "usr.bin/column";
+    version = "8.0";
+    sha256 = "0r6b0hjn5ls3j3sv6chibs44fs32yyk2cg8kh70kb4cwajs4ifyl";
+  };
+
   };
 
 in nbPackages
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix b/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix
index bc166382a608..7d4986068332 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/unix-tools.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ let
       linux = pkgs.utillinux;
       darwin = pkgs.darwin.text_cmds;
     };
+    column = {
+      linux = pkgs.utillinux;
+      darwin = pkgs.netbsd.column;
+    };
     eject = {
       linux = pkgs.utillinux;
     };
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ let
   compat = with bins; lib.mapAttrs makeCompat {
     procps = [ ps sysctl top watch ];
     utillinux = [ fsck fdisk getopt hexdump mount
-                  script umount whereis write col ];
+                  script umount whereis write col column ];
     nettools = [ arp hostname ifconfig netstat route ];
   };
 in bins // compat