diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/yaft/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/yaft/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d273d27944a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/yaft/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.2.9";
+  name = "yaft-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "uobikiemukot";
+    repo = "yaft";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0l1ig8wm545kpn4l7186rymny83jkahnjim290wsl7hsszfq1ckd";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "MANPREFIX=$(out)/share/man" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://github.com/uobikiemukot/yaft;
+    description = "Yet another framebuffer terminal";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matthiasbeyer ];
+    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4c71c6c8fac..b97b527998b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4531,6 +4531,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   xwinmosaic = callPackage ../tools/X11/xwinmosaic {};
 
+  yaft = callPackage ../applications/misc/yaft { };
+
   yarn = callPackage ../development/tools/yarn  { };
 
   yank = callPackage ../tools/misc/yank { };