diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/yt-dlp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/yt-dlp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5ae6352725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/yt-dlp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, ffmpeg
+, rtmpdump
+, phantomjs2
+, atomicparsley
+, pycryptodomex
+, websockets
+, mutagen
+, ffmpegSupport ? true
+, rtmpSupport ? true
+, phantomjsSupport ? false
+, hlsEncryptedSupport ? true
+, withAlias ? false # Provides bin/youtube-dl for backcompat
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "yt-dlp";
+  # The websites yt-dlp deals with are a very moving target. That means that
+  # downloads break constantly. Because of that, updates should always be backported
+  # to the latest stable release.
+  version = "2021.10.10";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname;
+    version = builtins.replaceStrings [ ".0" ] [ "." ] version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-zJYhHo5V67tI0uZgnA0JQlB+tUcbLOdOOPe5X41wpOc=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ websockets mutagen ]
+    ++ lib.optional hlsEncryptedSupport pycryptodomex;
+
+  # Ensure these utilities are available in $PATH:
+  # - ffmpeg: post-processing & transcoding support
+  # - rtmpdump: download files over RTMP
+  # - atomicparsley: embedding thumbnails
+  makeWrapperArgs =
+    let
+      packagesToBinPath = [ atomicparsley ]
+        ++ lib.optional ffmpegSupport ffmpeg
+        ++ lib.optional rtmpSupport rtmpdump
+        ++ lib.optional phantomjsSupport phantomjs2;
+    in
+    [ ''--prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath packagesToBinPath}"'' ];
+
+  setupPyBuildFlags = [
+    "build_lazy_extractors"
+  ];
+
+  # Requires network
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString withAlias ''
+      ln -s "$out/bin/yt-dlp" "$out/bin/youtube-dl"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/";
+    description = "Command-line tool to download videos from YouTube.com and other sites (youtube-dl fork)";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/raw/${version}/Changelog.md";
+    longDescription = ''
+      yt-dlp is a youtube-dl fork based on the now inactive youtube-dlc.
+
+      youtube-dl is a small, Python-based command-line program
+      to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites.
+      youtube-dl is released to the public domain, which means
+      you can modify it, redistribute it or use it however you like.
+    '';
+    license = licenses.unlicense;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mkg20001 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a382bf66868..36f6bef2195 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27787,6 +27787,10 @@ in
 
   youtube-dl-light = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication youtube-dl-light;
 
+  yt-dlp = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication yt-dlp;
+
+  yt-dlp-light = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication yt-dlp-light;
+
   youtube-viewer = perlPackages.WWWYoutubeViewer;
 
   ytalk = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/ytalk { };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index bc6aee8c42d..b55593e2065 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9031,6 +9031,13 @@ in {
     phantomjsSupport = false;
   };
 
+  yt-dlp = callPackage ../tools/misc/yt-dlp { };
+
+  yt-dlp-light = callPackage ../tools/misc/yt-dlp {
+    ffmpegSupport = false;
+    phantomjsSupport = false;
+  };
+
   yowsup = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yowsup { };
 
   yq = callPackage ../development/python-modules/yq {