diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/navilu/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/navilu/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0433ad22de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/navilu/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fontforge }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "navilu-font";
+  version = "1.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aravindavk";
+    repo = "Navilu";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1vm6n04siaa0zf6jzp5s2gzgr2qxs3vdnmcmg4dcy07py2kd2fla";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ fontforge ];
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+
+  preBuild = "patchShebangs generate.pe";
+
+  installPhase = "install -Dm444 -t $out/share/fonts/truetype/ Navilu.ttf";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; src.meta // {
+    description = "A Kannada handwriting font";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ehmry ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6d01b8bd074..20b2eeea7dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5216,6 +5216,8 @@ in
 
   nat-traverse = callPackage ../tools/networking/nat-traverse { };
 
+  navilu-font = callPackage ../data/fonts/navilu { stdenv = stdenvNoCC; };
+
   nawk = callPackage ../tools/text/nawk { };
 
   nbd = callPackage ../tools/networking/nbd { };