diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5516f4a26a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/bat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, pkgs, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name    = "bat-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "sharkdp";
+    repo   = "bat";
+    rev    = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0qbjkrakcpvnzzljifykw88g0qmmk60id23sjvhp4md54h4xg29p";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "07r10wwxv8svrw94djl092zj512868izlxldsiljfj34230abl02";
+
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [ openssl pkgconfig cmake zlib file perl curl ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/sharkdp/bat;
+    license     = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [];
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 49160d59ac45..ea74c424d5a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   bashmount = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/bashmount {};
 
+  bat = callPackage ../tools/misc/bat { };
+
   bc = callPackage ../tools/misc/bc { };
 
   bdf2psf = callPackage ../tools/misc/bdf2psf { };