diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/as-tree/cargo-lock.patch b/pkgs/tools/misc/as-tree/cargo-lock.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7a06c050d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/as-tree/cargo-lock.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
+index 991ecd8..9e94574 100644
+--- a/Cargo.lock
++++ b/Cargo.lock
+@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies = [
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "as-tree"
+-version = "0.11.1"
++version = "0.12.0"
+ dependencies = [
+  "ansi_term",
+  "atty",
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/as-tree/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/as-tree/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7cc97fd79e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/as-tree/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "as-tree";
+  version = "0.12.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jez";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "0c0g32pkyhyvqpgvzlw9244c80npq6s8mxy3may7q4qyd7hi3dz5";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0yhd9svdxg7akv61msn7rf3rfblb7kxnyn955dfdwyxbxq48qwpr";
+  # the upstream 0.12.0 release didn't update the Cargo.lock file properly
+  # they have updated their release script, so this patch can be removed
+  # when the next version is released.
+  cargoPatches = [ ./cargo-lock.patch ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Print a list of paths as a tree of paths";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jez/as-tree";
+    license = with licenses; [ blueOak100 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jshholland ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 250e25228951..456ecfc3ca0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1338,6 +1338,8 @@ in
   };
   aria = aria2;
 
+  as-tree = callPackage ../tools/misc/as-tree { };
+
   asmfmt = callPackage ../development/tools/asmfmt { };
 
   aspcud = callPackage ../tools/misc/aspcud { };