diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/nelua/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/nelua/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c0eb2222513
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/nelua/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, luaPackages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "nelua";
+  version = "unstable-2022-11-20";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "edubart";
+    repo = "nelua-lang";
+    rev = "63909dc834708a5bd7c21d65a6633880f40295db";
+    hash = "sha256-GeknXYsdRUzihzF3qHcCgbcB3w8geiWe5O1Az+4UqMs=";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ luaPackages.luacheck ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Minimal, efficient, statically-typed and meta-programmable systems programming language heavily inspired by Lua, which compiles to C and native code";
+    homepage = "https://nelua.io/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.marsam ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 318099a89a0e..89c70a3400dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15796,6 +15796,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   mujs = callPackage ../development/interpreters/mujs { };
 
+  nelua = callPackage ../development/interpreters/nelua { };
+
   nextflow = callPackage ../development/interpreters/nextflow { };
 
   ngn-k = callPackage ../development/interpreters/ngn-k { };