diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-publish/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-publish/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0f0eeff156b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-publish/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, python, perl, fetchFromGitHub, installShellFiles }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "git-publish";
+  version = "1.8.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "stefanha";
+    repo = "git-publish";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "14rz5kli6sz171cvdc46z3z0nnpd57rliwr6nn6vjjc49yyfwgl4";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl installShellFiles ];
+  buildInputs = [ python ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm0755 git-publish $out/bin/git-publish
+    pod2man git-publish.pod > git-publish.1
+    installManPage git-publish.1
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Prepare and store patch revisions as git tags";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.lheckemann ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/stefanha/git-publish";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 739d6ea6e424..5c3613ad20eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2499,6 +2499,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   git-privacy = callPackage ../development/tools/git-privacy { };
 
+  git-publish = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-publish { };
+
   git-repo-updater = python3Packages.callPackage ../development/tools/git-repo-updater { };
 
   git-revise = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication git-revise;