diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/krunvm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/krunvm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd2ff0e706f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/krunvm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, asciidoctor
+, libkrun
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "krunvm";
+  version = "0.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "containers";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-rR762L8P+7ebE0u4MVCJoXc5mmqXlDFfSas+lFBMVFQ=";
+  };
+
+  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.fetchCargoTarball {
+    inherit src;
+    hash = "sha256-3WiXm90XiQHpCbhlkigg/ZATQeDdUKTstN7hwcsKm4o=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with rustPlatform;[
+    cargoSetupHook
+    rust.cargo
+    rust.rustc
+    asciidoctor
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libkrun ];
+
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A CLI-based utility for creating microVMs from OCI images";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/containers/krunvm";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nickcao ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3827869cbc39..d5571d97707f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7857,6 +7857,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   krunner-pass = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/security/krunner-pass { };
 
+  krunvm = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/krunvm { };
+
   kronometer = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/kronometer { };
 
   krop = callPackage ../applications/graphics/krop { };