diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-readme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-readme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae638cac8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/cargo-readme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "cargo-readme";
+  version = "3.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "livioribeiro";
+    repo = pname;
+    # Git tag is missing, see upstream issue:
+    # https://github.com/livioribeiro/cargo-readme/issues/61
+    rev = "cf66017c0120ae198210ebaf58a0be6a78372974";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/ufHHM13L83M3UYi6mjdhIjgXx7bZgzvR/X02Zsx7Fw=";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-QVRl6xCvztWi5zAs3PXYR4saTqO5nTBPIjdlMiMXFTM=";
+
+  patches = [
+    (fetchpatch {
+      # Fixup warning thrown at build when running test-suite
+      # unused return, see upstream PR:
+      # https://github.com/livioribeiro/cargo-readme/pull/62
+      url = "https://github.com/livioribeiro/cargo-readme/commit/060f2daaa2b2cf981bf490dc36bcc6527545ea03.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-wlAIgTI9OqtA/Jnswoqp7iOj+1zjrUZA7JpHUiF/n+s=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Generate README.md from docstrings";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/livioribeiro/cargo-readme";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ baloo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 692fdbf96cb..51e2013c8ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10627,6 +10627,7 @@ in
   cargo-raze = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-raze {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
+  cargo-readme = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-readme {};
   cargo-sweep = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-sweep { };
   cargo-sync-readme = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-sync-readme {};
   cargo-udeps = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/cargo-udeps {