diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/samurai/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/samurai/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..063a2c198da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/samurai/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "samurai";
+  version = "1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "michaelforney";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1jsxfpwa6q893x18qlvpsiym29rrw5cj0k805wgmk2n57j9rw4f2";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "DESTDIR=" "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "ninja-compatible build tool written in C";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/michaelforney/samurai";
+    license = with licenses; [ mit asl20 ]; # see LICENSE
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dtzWill ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f54db64d913..a30c9753fda 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10476,6 +10476,8 @@ in
 
   rr = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/rr { };
 
+  samurai = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/samurai { };
+
   saleae-logic = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/saleae-logic { };
 
   sauce-connect = callPackage ../development/tools/sauce-connect { };