diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84372423d611
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator";
+  version = "1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aws";
+    repo = "aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-vbVygZzLlJlxaRF/LIqSJP0gZGyu1wSSdeVjILl/OJE=";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-WcvYPGgkrK7Zs5IplAoUTay5ys9LrDJHpRN3ywEdWRM=";
+
+  # disabled because I lack the skill
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "To locally test their Lambda function packaged as a container image.";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/aws/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ teto ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8a59644d0041..684d1f36db3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1048,6 +1048,8 @@ in
 
   awslogs = callPackage ../tools/admin/awslogs { };
 
+  aws-lambda-rie = callPackage ../tools/admin/aws-lambda-runtime-interface-emulator { };
+
   aws-env = callPackage ../tools/admin/aws-env { };
 
   aws-google-auth = python3Packages.callPackage ../tools/admin/aws-google-auth { };