diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index b71b5d7aa544..5a9a9428c4e1 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@
   htr = "Hugo Tavares Reis <hugo@linux.com>";
   iand675 = "Ian Duncan <ian@iankduncan.com>";
   ianwookim = "Ian-Woo Kim <ianwookim@gmail.com>";
+  iblech = "Ingo Blechschmidt <iblech@speicherleck.de>";
   igsha = "Igor Sharonov <igor.sharonov@gmail.com>";
   ikervagyok = "Balázs Lengyel <ikervagyok@gmail.com>";
   infinisil = "Silvan Mosberger <infinisil@icloud.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/sshlatex/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/sshlatex/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bfc1a8eb162e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/sshlatex/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, inotify-tools, openssh, perl, gnutar, bash, makeWrapper }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sshlatex-${version}";
+  version = "0.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "iblech";
+    repo = "sshlatex";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "02h81i8n3skg9jnlfrisyg5bhqicrn6svq64kp20f70p64s3d7ix";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = let
+    binPath = stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ openssh perl gnutar bash inotify-tools ];
+  in ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp sshlatex $out/bin
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/sshlatex --prefix PATH : "${binPath}"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A collection of hacks to efficiently run LaTeX via ssh";
+    longDescription = ''
+      sshlatex is a tool which uploads LaTeX source files to a remote, runs
+      LaTeX there, and streams the resulting PDF file to the local host.
+      Because sshlatex prestarts LaTeX with the previous run's preamble,
+      thereby preloading the required LaTeX packages, it is also useful in a
+      purely local setting.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://github.com/iblech/sshlatex;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;  # actually dual-licensed gpl3Plus | lppl13cplus
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.iblech ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7ca4b33ecf36..be0f18ca1065 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4486,6 +4486,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sshfs-fuse = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/sshfs-fuse { };
 
+  sshlatex = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/sshlatex { };
+
   sshuttle = callPackage ../tools/security/sshuttle { };
 
   ssldump = callPackage ../tools/networking/ssldump { };