diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/arc_unpacker/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/arc_unpacker/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76eb9a7fccbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/arc_unpacker/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, makeWrapper, boost, libpng, libjpeg, zlib
+, openssl, libwebp, catch }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "arc_unpacker-unstable";
+  version = "2019-01-28";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vn-tools";
+    repo = "arc_unpacker";
+    # Since the latest release (0.11) doesn't build, we've opened an upstream
+    # issue in https://github.com/vn-tools/arc_unpacker/issues/187 to ask if a
+    # a new release is upcoming
+    rev = "b9843a13e2b67a618020fc12918aa8d7697ddfd5";
+    sha256 = "0wpl30569cip3im40p3n22s11x0172a3axnzwmax62aqlf8kdy14";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake makeWrapper catch ];
+  buildInputs = [ boost libpng libjpeg zlib openssl libwebp ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    cp ${catch}/include/catch/catch.hpp tests/test_support/catch.h
+  '';
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    pushd ..
+    ./build/run_tests
+    popd
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/doc/arc_unpacker $out/libexec/arc_unpacker
+    cp arc_unpacker $out/libexec/arc_unpacker/arc_unpacker
+    cp ../GAMELIST.{htm,js} $out/share/doc/arc_unpacker
+    cp -r ../etc $out/libexec/arc_unpacker
+    makeWrapper $out/libexec/arc_unpacker/arc_unpacker $out/bin/arc_unpacker
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A tool to extract files from visual novel archives";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/vn-tools/arc_unpacker";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ midchildan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0e0efbb8d70a..d3a43d0632da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -603,6 +603,8 @@ in
 
   adlplug = callPackage ../applications/audio/adlplug { };
 
+  arc_unpacker = callPackage ../tools/archivers/arc_unpacker { };
+
   tuijam = callPackage ../applications/audio/tuijam { inherit (python3Packages) buildPythonApplication; };
 
   opnplug = callPackage ../applications/audio/adlplug {