diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index dc032e5edcd9..54ccd4072d2b 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -7856,6 +7856,12 @@
     githubId = 1069303;
     name = "Kim Simmons";
   };
+  zowoq = {
+    email = "59103226+zowoq@users.noreply.github.com";
+    github = "zowoq";
+    githubId = 59103226;
+    name = "zowoq";
+  };
   zraexy = {
     email = "zraexy@gmail.com";
     github = "zraexy";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/saldl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/saldl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d51e5515bd63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/saldl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkgconfig
+, wafHook
+, asciidoc
+, docbook_xml_dtd_45
+, docbook_xsl
+, libxml2
+, libxslt
+, curl
+, libevent
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "saldl";
+  version = "40";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = pname;
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "19ajci5h5gdnrvwf0l7xy5s58z2di68rrvcmqpsmpp4lfr37rk2l";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    wafHook
+    asciidoc
+    docbook_xml_dtd_45
+    docbook_xsl
+    libxml2
+    libxslt
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ curl libevent ];
+
+  wafConfigureFlags = [ "--saldl-version ${version}" "--no-werror" ];
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "CLI downloader optimized for speed and early preview";
+    homepage = "https://saldl.github.io";
+    license = licenses.agpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ zowoq ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8ecbe6f21566..82317127dacb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6234,6 +6234,8 @@ in
 
   sahel-fonts = callPackage ../data/fonts/sahel-fonts { };
 
+  saldl = callPackage ../tools/networking/saldl { };
+
   salt = callPackage ../tools/admin/salt {};
 
   salut_a_toi = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/salut-a-toi {};