diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/miniscript/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/miniscript/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0520101c4cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/miniscript/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "miniscript";
+  version = "unstable-2020-12-01";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "sipa";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "02682a398a35b410571b10cde7f39837141ddad6";
+    sha256 = "079jz4g88cfzfm9a6ykby9haxwcs033c1288mgr8cl2hw4qd2sjl";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp miniscript $out/bin/miniscript
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description     = "Compiler and inspector for the miniscript Bitcoin policy language";
+    longDescription = "Miniscript is a language for writing (a subset of) Bitcoin Scripts in a structured way, enabling analysis, composition, generic signing and more.";
+    homepage        = "http://bitcoin.sipa.be/miniscript/";
+    license         = licenses.mit;
+    platforms       = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers     = with maintainers; [ RaghavSood jb55 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b485168c6ecd..8c22045dcac1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2826,6 +2826,8 @@ in
 
   mididings = callPackage ../tools/audio/mididings { };
 
+  miniscript = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/miniscript { };
+
   miniserve = callPackage ../tools/misc/miniserve {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };