diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/fntsample/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/fntsample/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f67d564e452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/fntsample/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, pkg-config
+, cairo
+, fontconfig
+, freetype
+, glib
+, libXdmcp
+, makeWrapper
+, pango
+, pcre
+, perlPackages
+}:
+
+let
+  ucd-blocks = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.unicode.org/Public/14.0.0/ucd/Blocks.txt";
+    hash = "sha256-WYhw3d73s0talykWUoxFav8nZbec1Plkf7WM63Z+fxc=";
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "fntsample";
+  version = "5.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "eugmes";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "release/${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-O5RT68wPWwzCb51JZWWNcIubWoM7NZw/MRiaHXPDmF0=";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DUNICODE_BLOCKS=${ucd-blocks.outPath}"
+  ];
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    makeWrapper
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cairo
+    fontconfig
+    freetype
+    glib
+    libXdmcp
+    pango
+    perlPackages.perl
+    pcre
+  ];
+
+  postFixup =
+    let
+      perlPath = with perlPackages; makePerlPath [
+        ExporterTiny
+        ListMoreUtils
+        PDFAPI2
+        libintl_perl
+      ];
+    in ''
+    for cmd in pdfoutline pdf-extract-outline; do
+      wrapProgram "$out/bin/$cmd" --prefix PERL5LIB : "${perlPath}"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/eugmes/fntsample";
+    description = "PDF and PostScript font samples generator";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
+# TODO: factor/package ucd-blocks
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cdc5641010d7..9987f72119ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   etBook = callPackage ../data/fonts/et-book { };
 
+  fntsample = callPackage ../tools/misc/fntsample { };
+
   fetchutils = callPackage ../tools/misc/fetchutils { };
 
   fet-sh = callPackage ../tools/misc/fet-sh { };