diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/do/dopewars/0001-remove_setuid.patch b/pkgs/by-name/do/dopewars/0001-remove_setuid.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee68109c5579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/do/dopewars/0001-remove_setuid.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index 4b0c466..ce008fa 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
+ 	@chgrp games ${DOPEBIN} || chgrp wheel ${DOPEBIN} || \
+ 	  ( echo "WARNING: Cannot change group of dopewars binary - the high"; \
+ 	    echo "score file may be unreadable or unwriteable by some users" )
+-	chmod 2755 ${DOPEBIN}
++	chmod 755 ${DOPEBIN}
+ 
+ install-data-local:
+ 	${mkinstalldirs} ${PIXDIR}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/do/dopewars/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/do/dopewars/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f550abc8e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/do/dopewars/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook
+, makeWrapper
+, curl
+, ncurses
+, gtk3
+, pkg-config
+, scoreDirectory ? "$HOME/.local/share"
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "dopewars";
+  version = "1.6.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "benmwebb";
+    repo = "dopewars";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-CpgqRYmrfOFxhC7yAS2OqRBi4r3Vesq3+7a0q5rc3vM=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    makeWrapper
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    curl
+    gtk3
+    ncurses
+  ];
+
+  # remove the denied setting of setuid bit permission
+  patches = [ ./0001-remove_setuid.patch ];
+
+  # run dopewars with -f so that it finds its scoreboard file in ~/.local/share
+  postInstall = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/dopewars \
+      --run 'mkdir -p ${scoreDirectory}' \
+      --add-flags '-f ${scoreDirectory}/dopewars.sco'
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Game simulating the life of a drug dealer in New York";
+    homepage = "https://dopewars.sourceforge.io";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ geri1701 ];
+    mainProgram = "dopewars";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+})