diff --git a/pkgs/applications/accessibility/espeakup/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/accessibility/espeakup/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00f432ff4138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/accessibility/espeakup/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, meson
+, ninja
+, espeak-ng
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkg-config
+, ronn
+, alsa-lib
+, systemd
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "espeakup";
+  version = "0.90";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "linux-speakup";
+    repo = "espeakup";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0lmjwafvfxy07zn18v3dzjwwpnid2xffgvy2dzlwkbns8gb60ds2";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+    ronn
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    espeak-ng
+    alsa-lib
+    systemd
+  ];
+
+  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDSYSTEMUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/linux-speakup/espeakup";
+    description = "Lightweight connector for espeak-ng and speakup";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ethindp ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c544a4ad29bc..5117ec4d3092 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25838,6 +25838,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   espeakedit = callPackage ../applications/audio/espeak/edit.nix { };
 
+  espeakup = callPackage ../applications/accessibility/espeakup { };
+
   etebase-server = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication etebase-server;
 
   etesync-dav = callPackage ../applications/misc/etesync-dav {};