diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 726478fc747..c306867e966 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -639,6 +639,12 @@
     githubId = 1296771;
     name = "Anders Riutta";
   };
+  arnarg = {
+    email = "arnarg@fastmail.com";
+    github = "arnarg";
+    githubId = 1291396;
+    name = "Arnar Ingason";
+  };
   arnoldfarkas = {
     email = "arnold.farkas@gmail.com";
     github = "arnoldfarkas";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/operator-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/operator-sdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a157041cf98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/operator-sdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ buildGoModule, go, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "operator-sdk";
+  version = "0.18.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "operator-framework";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "02vzxqbh4yw9yvr9cr43hyi0v4hzii4mdb8am41n5y71bcld73v8";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "0kdbpm6phdcw1rcjggrdvc8hgs3hjc81545qh8jv6zwipmn89i1p";
+
+  subPackages = [ "cmd/operator-sdk" ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ go makeWrapper ];
+
+  # operator-sdk uses the go compiler at runtime
+  allowGoReference = true;
+  postFixup = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/operator-sdk --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ go ]}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "SDK for building Kubernetes applications. Provides high level APIs, useful abstractions, and project scaffolding.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ arnarg ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 940cad5ae80..84ba2f04c22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5797,6 +5797,8 @@ in
 
   oppai-ng = callPackage ../tools/misc/oppai-ng { };
 
+  operator-sdk = callPackage ../development/tools/operator-sdk { };
+
   update-dotdee = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication update-dotdee;
 
   update-resolv-conf = callPackage ../tools/networking/openvpn/update-resolv-conf.nix { };