diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mergerfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mergerfs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81f82108995d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mergerfs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, fuse, pkgconfig, which, attr, pandoc, git }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mergerfs-${version}";
+  version = "2.16.1";
+
+  # not using fetchFromGitHub because of changelog being built with git log
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    sha256 = "12fqgk54fnnibqiq82p4g2k6qnw3iy6dd64csmlf73yi67za5iwf";
+    deepClone = true;
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ fuse pkgconfig which attr pandoc git ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "XATTR_AVAILABLE=1" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A FUSE based union filesystem";
+    homepage = https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.isc;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ makefu ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e301871b9dc3..58eda14f3b83 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8295,6 +8295,8 @@ in
 
   menu-cache = callPackage ../development/libraries/menu-cache { };
 
+  mergerfs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/mergerfs { };
+
   mesaSupported = lib.elem system lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms;
 
   mesaDarwinOr = alternative: if stdenv.isDarwin