diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/mailcap/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/mailcap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d27e1d2dfd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/mailcap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib, fetchzip }:
+
+let
+  version = "2.1.48";
+
+in fetchzip {
+  name = "mailcap-${version}";
+
+  url = "https://releases.pagure.org/mailcap/mailcap-${version}.tar.xz";
+  sha256 = "0m1rls4z85aby9fggwx2x70b4y6l0jjyiqdv30p8g91nv8hrq9fw";
+
+  postFetch = ''
+    tar -xavf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1
+    substituteInPlace mailcap --replace "/usr/bin/" ""
+    gzip mailcap.4
+
+    install -D -m0644 -t $out/etc mailcap mime.types
+    install -D -m0644 -t $out/share/man/man4 mailcap.4.gz
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Helper application and MIME type associations for file types";
+    homepage = "https://pagure.io/mailcap";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ c0bw3b ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d83ee1eaf90..4eeccc1637a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15397,6 +15397,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   maia-icon-theme = callPackage ../data/icons/maia-icon-theme { };
 
+  mailcap = callPackage ../data/misc/mailcap { };
+
   marathi-cursive = callPackage ../data/fonts/marathi-cursive { };
 
   man-pages = callPackage ../data/documentation/man-pages { };