diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/rmate-sh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/rmate-sh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fb51344edd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/rmate-sh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, patsh
+, hostname
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "rmate";
+  version = "1.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aurora";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-fmK6h9bqZ0zO3HWfZvPdYuZ6i/0HZ1CA3FUnkS+E9ns=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ patsh ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    substituteInPlace rmate \
+      --replace \
+        'echo "hostname"' \
+        'echo "${hostname}/bin/hostname"'
+    patsh -f rmate -s ${builtins.storeDir}
+
+    runHook preBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 rmate $out/bin/rmate
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Remote TextMate 2 implemented as shell script";
+    longDescription = ''
+      TextMate 2 has a nice feature where it is possible to edit
+      files on a remote server using a helper script called 'rmate',
+      which feeds the file back to the editor over a reverse tunnel.
+      This is a rmate implementation in shell!
+    '';
+    homepage = "https://github.com/aurora/rmate";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ pbsds ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1b246140c07b..ac17d5119ccf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5347,6 +5347,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rmapi = callPackage ../applications/misc/remarkable/rmapi { };
 
+  rmate-sh = callPackage ../tools/misc/rmate-sh { };
+
   rmview = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/remarkable/rmview { };
 
   rm-improved = callPackage ../applications/misc/rm-improved { };