diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/chars/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/chars/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa58d110550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/chars/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, rustPlatform
+, Security
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "chars";
+  version = "0.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "antifuchs";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1pyda3b6svxzc98d7ggl7v9xd0xhilmpjrnajzh77zcwzq42s17l";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "1ampmw0l2wk2xp4q13aj5shxncqfh4dc3rsmpk2scaivanrsikn5";
+
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Security ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Commandline tool to display information about unicode characters";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/antifuchs/chars";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bbigras ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 65e7818736d..1b328edaa8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -955,6 +955,10 @@ in
 
   charm = callPackage ../applications/misc/charm { };
 
+  chars = callPackage ../tools/text/chars {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
+  };
+
   ec2_api_tools = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/ec2-api-tools { };
 
   ec2_ami_tools = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/ec2-ami-tools { };