diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 161b48e0498b..b2855238b23c 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -17901,6 +17901,11 @@
     githubId = 30654959;
     name = "Michele Sciabarra";
   };
+  mse63 = {
+    name = "Mahmoud Elsharawy";
+    github = "mse63";
+    githubId = 81396550;
+  };
   msgilligan = {
     email = "sean@msgilligan.com";
     github = "msgilligan";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/lichess-bot/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/lichess-bot/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..409d61f98502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/lichess-bot/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  python3Packages,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+}:
+
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication {
+  pname = "lichess-bot";
+  version = "2025.12.23.1";
+  format = "other";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "lichess-bot-devs";
+    repo = "lichess-bot";
+    rev = "6ea42dfaffa65efea0da09d94b058853d724a989";
+    hash = "sha256-G8DiW96mRnvmmmRALRcYDnjLilQIRqH5m6+aTluhohI=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    chess
+    pyyaml
+    requests
+    backoff
+    rich
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    substituteInPlace "lib/lichess_bot.py" \
+      --replace 'open("lib/versioning.yml")' \
+                'open("'$out'/share/lichess-bot/lib/versioning.yml")'
+
+
+    mkdir -p "$out"/{bin,share/lichess-bot}
+    cp -R . $out/share/lichess-bot
+
+    makeWrapper ${python3Packages.python.interpreter} $out/bin/lichess-bot \
+      --set PYTHONPATH "$PYTHONPATH:$out/share/lichess-bot" \
+      --add-flags "$out/share/lichess-bot/lichess-bot.py"
+    echo $out > $out/my_dir.txt
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Bridge between lichess.org and bots";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/lichess-bot-devs/lichess-bot";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mse63 ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    mainProgram = "lichess-bot";
+  };
+
+}