diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jid/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e77921c5437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# This file was generated by go2nix.
+{ stdenv, buildGoPackage, fetchFromGitHub, fetchhg, fetchbzr, fetchsvn }:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "jid-${version}";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  rev = "0.6.1";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/simeji/jid";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "simeji";
+    repo = "jid";
+    inherit rev;
+    sha256 = "0hnda2nqgirwbqbzq38kbl83cr0kn7hxsh4wim4fwwla0hs2nwjg";
+  };
+
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Incremental JSON digger";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.profpatsch ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/jid/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/jid/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4bc32247c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/jid/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# This file was generated by go2nix.
+[
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/bitly/go-simplejson";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/bitly/go-simplejson";
+      rev = "aabad6e819789e569bd6aabf444c935aa9ba1e44";
+      sha256 = "0n9f9dz1jn1jx86d48569nznpjn9fmq3knn7r65xpy7jhih284jj";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/mattn/go-runewidth";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/mattn/go-runewidth";
+      rev = "737072b4e32b7a5018b4a7125da8d12de90e8045";
+      sha256 = "09ni8bmj6p2b774bdh6mfcxl03bh5sqk860z03xpb6hv6yfxqkjm";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/nsf/termbox-go";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/nsf/termbox-go";
+      rev = "0b413bfa31e8c6843db20dce4454566b1951709e";
+      sha256 = "1n45cq3p7z5533bmsqj3a0xvp7c8ncb52k3l8zqvd37f34zpsyxb";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/pkg/errors";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/pkg/errors";
+      rev = "248dadf4e9068a0b3e79f02ed0a610d935de5302";
+      sha256 = "03l80r0i9bxl0vz363w62k4a8apzglgbrz6viwym3044sxkl1qks";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c0b11d62033..e1794bbf401 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2296,6 +2296,8 @@ in
 
   jhead = callPackage ../tools/graphics/jhead { };
 
+  jid = callPackage ../development/tools/jid { };
+
   jing = self.jing-trang;
   jing-trang = callPackage ../tools/text/xml/jing-trang { };