diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/agrep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/agrep/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81c09840848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/agrep/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "agrep-${version}";
+  version = "3.41.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Wikinaut";
+    repo = "agrep";
+    # This repository has numbered versions, but not Git tags.
+    rev = "eef20411d605d9d17ead07a0ade75046f2728e21";
+    sha256 = "14addnwspdf2mxpqyrw8b84bb2257y43g5ccy4ipgrr91fmxq2sk";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm 555 agrep -t "$out/bin"
+    install -Dm 444 docs/* -t "$out/doc"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Approximate grep for fast fuzzy string searching";
+    homepage = "https://www.tgries.de/agrep/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.isc;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4b9977b4cff..f50f1991036 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ in
 
   afpfs-ng = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/afpfs-ng/default.nix { };
 
+  agrep = callPackage ../tools/text/agrep { };
+
   aha = callPackage ../tools/text/aha { };
 
   ahcpd = callPackage ../tools/networking/ahcpd { };