diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92fb6ebcc68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/vala-lint/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, glib
+, meson
+, ninja
+, pantheon
+, pkgconfig
+, vala
+, gettext
+, wrapGAppsHook
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "vala-lint-unstable";
+  version = "2019-10-11";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vala-lang";
+    repo = "vala-lint";
+    rev = "a077bbec30dea128616a23583ce3f8364ff2ef11";
+    sha256 = "0w0rmaj4v42wc4vq2lfjnj6airag5ahv6522xkw3j1nmccxq3s72";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    gettext
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkgconfig
+    vala
+    wrapGAppsHook
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+  ];
+
+  # See https://github.com/vala-lang/vala-lint/issues/133
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/vala-lang/vala-lint;
+    description = "Check Vala code files for code-style errors";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Small command line tool and library for checking Vala code files for code-style errors.
+      Based on the elementary Code-Style guidelines.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = pantheon.maintainers;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa7b00f7a19..b2b1bb668a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8644,6 +8644,8 @@ in
 
   vlang = callPackage ../development/compilers/vlang { };
 
+  vala-lint = callPackage ../development/tools/vala-lint { };
+
   inherit (callPackage ../development/compilers/vala { })
     vala_0_36
     vala_0_40