diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/colorize_nicks/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/colorize_nicks/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b6d355797f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/colorize_nicks/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, weechat }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "weechat-colorize_nicks";
+  version = "27";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/weechat/scripts/raw/bc8a9051800779a036ba11689a277cd5f03657b2/python/colorize_nicks.py";
+    sha256 = "0hiay88vvy171jiq6ahflm0ipb7sslfxwhmmm8psv6qk19rv2sxs";
+  };
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share
+    cp $src $out/share/colorize_nicks.py
+  '';
+
+  passthru = {
+    scripts = [ "colorize_nicks.py" ];
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    inherit (weechat.meta) platforms;
+    description = "Use the weechat nick colors in the chat area";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ qyliss ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/default.nix
index 6d228688607..07e75903546 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/scripts/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 { callPackage, luaPackages, python3Packages }:
 
 {
+  colorize_nicks = callPackage ./colorize_nicks { };
+
   weechat-matrix-bridge = callPackage ./weechat-matrix-bridge {
     inherit (luaPackages) cjson luaffi;
   };