diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
index ff9e96f8b97..0fecf30e736 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/php-packages.nix
@@ -202,7 +202,35 @@ in
         maintainers = with maintainers; [ javaguirre ] ++ teams.php.members;
       };
     };
+ 
+    phpmd = mkDerivation rec {
+      version = "2.8.2";
+      pname = "phpmd";
 
+      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/phpmd/phpmd/releases/download/${version}/phpmd.phar";
+        sha256 = "1i8qgzxniw5d8zjpypalm384y7qfczapfq70xmg129laq6xiqlqb";
+      };
+
+      phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+      buildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+
+      installPhase = ''
+        mkdir -p $out/bin
+        install -D $src $out/libexec/phpmd/phpmd.phar
+        makeWrapper ${php}/bin/php $out/bin/phpmd \
+          --add-flags "$out/libexec/phpmd/phpmd.phar"
+      '';
+
+      meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+        description = "PHP code quality analyzer";
+        license = licenses.bsd3;
+        homepage = "https://phpmd.org/";
+        maintainers = teams.php.members;
+        broken = !isPhp74;
+      };
+    };
+ 
     phpstan = mkDerivation rec {
       version = "0.12.19";
       pname = "phpstan";