diff --git a/pkgs/shells/fish/plugins/bass.nix b/pkgs/shells/fish/plugins/bass.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db2907bddf40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/shells/fish/plugins/bass.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ lib, buildFishPlugin, fetchFromGitHub, python3 }:
+
+buildFishPlugin rec {
+  pname = "bass";
+  version = "unstable-2021-02-18";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "edc";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "2fd3d2157d5271ca3575b13daec975ca4c10577a";
+    sha256 = "0mb01y1d0g8ilsr5m8a71j6xmqlyhf8w4xjf00wkk8k41cz3ypky";
+  };
+
+  #buildFishplugin will only move the .fish files, but bass also relies on python
+  postInstall = ''
+    cp functions/__bass.py $out/share/fish/vendor_functions.d/
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ python3 ];
+  checkPhase = ''
+    make test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Fish function making it easy to use utilities written for Bash in Fish shell";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/edc/bass";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ beezow ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/shells/fish/plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/fish/plugins/default.nix
index 0cc6eb6b89ed..cb2d73dacc5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/fish/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/fish/plugins/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self: with self; {
 
   clownfish = callPackage ./clownfish.nix { };
 
+  bass = callPackage ./bass.nix { };
+
   done = callPackage ./done.nix { };
 
   # Fishtape 2.x and 3.x aren't compatible,