diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/merriweather/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/merriweather/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1768c44bc03c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/merriweather/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenvNoCC
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "merriweather";
+  version = "2.005";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "SorkinType";
+    repo = "Merriweather";
+    rev = "4fd88c9299009d1c1d201e7da3ff75cf1de5153a";
+    sha256 = "1ndycja2jzhcfbqbm0p6ka2zl1i1pdbkf0crw2lp3pi4k89wlm29";
+  };
+
+  # TODO: it would be nice to build this from scratch, but lots of
+  # Python dependencies to package (fontmake, gftools)
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/opentype/${pname} fonts/otf/*.otf
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/truetype/${pname} fonts/ttfs/*.ttf
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/woff/${pname} fonts/woff/*.woff
+    install -m444 -Dt $out/share/fonts/woff2/${pname} fonts/woff2/*.woff2
+    # TODO: install variable version?
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/SorkinType/Merriweather";
+    description = "Merriweather was designed to be a text face that is pleasant to read on screens";
+    license = licenses.ofl;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ emily ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index feaba9296a18..f07d66007ab9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1951,6 +1951,8 @@ in
 
   opendune = callPackage ../games/opendune { };
 
+  merriweather = callPackage ../data/fonts/merriweather { };
+
   meson = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/meson { };
 
   meson-tools = callPackage ../misc/meson-tools { };