diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/choose/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/choose/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26192732511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/choose/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, rustPlatform
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "choose";
+  version = "1.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "theryangeary";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0j3861pxqw0lnamb201c7h5w7npzyiwwb6c1xzxjv72m2ccvz76j";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "1p18926pfff1yayb2i28v0nz37j52hqqv7244yfrzgidi29kyvbc";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A human-friendly and fast alternative to cut and (sometimes) awk";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/theryangeary/choose";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sohalt ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 91d9790fca8..538559bb407 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3401,6 +3401,8 @@ in
 
   cholmod-extra = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/cholmod-extra { };
 
+  choose = callPackage ../tools/text/choose { };
+
   emscripten = callPackage ../development/compilers/emscripten { };
 
   emscriptenPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ./emscripten-packages.nix { });