diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 8260f6fb27d4..e16a7ed02f80 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -5027,6 +5027,12 @@
     githubId = 223323;
     name = "Miguel de la Cruz";
   };
+  mgdm = {
+    email = "michael@mgdm.net";
+    github = "mgdm";
+    githubId = 71893;
+    name = "Michael Maclean";
+  };
   mgregoire = {
     email = "gregoire@martinache.net";
     github = "M-Gregoire";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-ais/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-ais/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f806f07d597d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/rtl-ais/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkgconfig, libusb1, rtl-sdr }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "rtl-ais";
+  version = "0.8.1";
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig rtl-sdr libusb1 ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dgiardini";
+    repo = "rtl-ais";
+    rev = "0e85f4e5f9ce7378834c3129bc894580efc24291";
+    sha256 = "0wm4zai1vs89mf0zgz52q5w5rj8f3i3v6zg42hfb7aqabi25r3jf";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A simple AIS tuner and generic dual-frequency FM demodulator";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dgiardini/rtl-ais";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mgdm ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cc405432704d..83f43a6cdef4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21911,6 +21911,8 @@ in
 
   rtl_433 = callPackage ../applications/radio/rtl_433 { };
 
+  rtl-ais = callPackage ../applications/radio/rtl-ais { };
+
   rtl-sdr = callPackage ../applications/radio/rtl-sdr { };
 
   rtv = callPackage ../applications/misc/rtv { };