diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/mq-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/mq-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b01b91452dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/mq-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub, lib, rustPlatform }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name    = "mq-cli-${version}";
+  version = "1.0.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "aprilabank";
+    repo   = "mq-cli";
+    rev    = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "02z85waj5jc312biv2qhbgplsggxgjmfmyv9v8b1ky0iq1mpxjw7";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0kpv52474bp3k2wmz8xykca8iz46dwnjmly2nivblnaap49w2zsz";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description      = "CLI tool to manage POSIX message queues";
+    homepage         = "https://github.com/aprilabank/mq-cli";
+    license          = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers      = with maintainers; [ tazjin ];
+    platforms        = platforms.linux;
+    repositories.git = git://github.com/aprilabank/mq-cli.git;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e5540e1fe58..0ffd4ac592a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1316,6 +1316,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   mpdris2 = callPackage ../tools/audio/mpdris2 { };
 
+  mq-cli = callPackage ../tools/system/mq-cli { };
+
   nfdump = callPackage ../tools/networking/nfdump { };
 
   noteshrink = callPackage ../tools/misc/noteshrink { };