diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/codon/Add-a-hash-to-the-googletest-binary.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/codon/Add-a-hash-to-the-googletest-binary.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5183723d3d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/codon/Add-a-hash-to-the-googletest-binary.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 5c158213fc3afe39ee96be84e255c12d5886ca18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Pavel Sobolev <paveloom@riseup.net>
+Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 17:38:37 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Add a hash to the `googletest` binary.
+
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 0a06e6f..a614025 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ include(FetchContent)
+ FetchContent_Declare(
+   googletest
+   URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/609281088cfefc76f9d0ce82e1ff6c30cc3591e5.zip
++  URL_HASH SHA256=5cf189eb6847b4f8fc603a3ffff3b0771c08eec7dd4bd961bfd45477dd13eb73
+ )
+ # For Windows: Prevent overriding the parent project's compiler/linker settings
+ set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+--
+2.39.2
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/codon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/codon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..65c177a7b957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/codon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+{ cacert
+, cmake
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, git
+, lib
+, lld
+, ninja
+, nix-update-script
+, perl
+, python3
+, stdenv
+}:
+
+let
+  version = "0.15.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "exaloop";
+    repo = "codon";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/IUGX5iSRvZzwyRdkGe0IVHp44D+GXZtbkdtswekwSU=";
+  };
+
+  depsDir = "deps";
+
+  codon-llvm = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "codon-llvm";
+    version = "unstable-2022-09-23";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "exaloop";
+      repo = "llvm-project";
+      rev = "55b0b8fa1c9f9082b535628fc9fa6313280c0b9a";
+      sha256 = "sha256-03SPQgNdrpR6/JZ5aR/ntoh/FnZvCjT/6bTAcZaFafw=";
+    };
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      cmake
+      git
+      lld
+      ninja
+      python3
+    ];
+
+    cmakeFlags = [
+      "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++"
+      "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang"
+      "-DLLVM_ENABLE_RTTI=ON"
+      "-DLLVM_ENABLE_TERMINFO=OFF"
+      "-DLLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB=OFF"
+      "-DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF"
+      "-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=all"
+      "-DLLVM_USE_LINKER=lld"
+      "-S ../llvm"
+    ];
+  };
+
+  codon-deps = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "codon-deps-${version}.tar.gz";
+
+    inherit src;
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      cacert
+      cmake
+      git
+      perl
+      python3
+    ];
+
+    dontBuild = true;
+
+    cmakeFlags = [
+      "-DCPM_DOWNLOAD_ALL=ON"
+      "-DCPM_SOURCE_CACHE=${depsDir}"
+      "-DLLVM_DIR=${codon-llvm}/lib/cmake/llvm"
+    ];
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      # Prune the `.git` directories
+      find ${depsDir} -name .git -type d -prune -exec rm -rf {} \;;
+      # Build a reproducible tar, per instructions at https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/archives/
+      tar --owner=0 --group=0 --numeric-owner --format=gnu \
+          --sort=name --mtime="@$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" \
+          -czf $out \
+            ${depsDir} \
+            cmake \
+            _deps/googletest-subbuild/googletest-populate-prefix/src/*.zip
+    '';
+
+    outputHash = "sha256-a1zGSpbMjfQBrcgW/aiIdKX8+uI3p/S9pgZjHe2HtWs=";
+    outputHashAlgo = "sha256";
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "codon";
+
+  inherit src version;
+
+  patches = [
+    # Without the hash, CMake will try to replace the `.zip` file
+    ./Add-a-hash-to-the-googletest-binary.patch
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    git
+    lld
+    ninja
+    perl
+    python3
+  ];
+
+  postUnpack = ''
+    mkdir -p $sourceRoot/build
+    tar -xf ${codon-deps} -C $sourceRoot/build
+  '';
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+    "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++"
+    "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang"
+    "-DCPM_SOURCE_CACHE=${depsDir}"
+    "-DLLVM_DIR=${codon-llvm}/lib/cmake/llvm"
+    "-DLLVM_USE_LINKER=lld"
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A high-performance, zero-overhead, extensible Python compiler using LLVM";
+    homepage = "https://docs.exaloop.io/codon";
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.paveloom ];
+    license = lib.licenses.bsl11;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ada89ea25194..5884fbe359b5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14364,6 +14364,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ciao = callPackage ../development/compilers/ciao { };
 
+  codon = callPackage ../development/compilers/codon {
+    inherit (llvmPackages_latest) lld stdenv;
+  };
+
   colm = callPackage ../development/compilers/colm { };
 
   colmap = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/misc/colmap { cudaSupport = config.cudaSupport or false; };