diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/book-summary/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/book-summary/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..563d486b8007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/book-summary/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "book-summary";
+  version = "0.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "dvogt23";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1dawddkpyasy22biqz35c912xqmwcx6ihpqp6cnikbdzv8ni8adr";
+  };
+
+  cargoPatches = [
+    # add Cargo.lock
+    # can be removed after https://github.com/dvogt23/book-summary/pull/23 gets merged
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/dvogt23/book-summary/commit/9d941a57db5cd2fd0e9813230d69eb1d166a48f8.patch";
+      sha256 = "sha256-91dwJKdaLukxVZHA3RH1rxj45U/+mabFTflBaLd2rK8=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-chuEzYUfZC/ZdWIUEmAXJAnXG2s8mCcNs6cuq8Lh5PQ=";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Book auto-summary for gitbook and mdBook";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dvogt23/book-summary";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with teams; iog.members;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ce740f6db459..3c60d0abacef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3058,6 +3058,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   boringtun = callPackage ../tools/networking/boringtun { };
 
+  book-summary = callPackage ../tools/text/book-summary { };
+
   bookstack = callPackage ../servers/web-apps/bookstack { };
 
   # Upstream recommends qt5.12 and it doesn't build with qt5.15