diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-pinyin/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-pinyin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8574b04875f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-pinyin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  autoreconfHook,
+  intltool,
+  pkg-config,
+  python3,
+  wrapGAppsHook3,
+  glib,
+  gtk3,
+  ibus,
+  lua,
+  pyzy,
+  sqlite,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "ibus-pinyin";
+  version = "1.5.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ibus";
+    repo = "ibus-pinyin";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-8nM/dEjkNhQNv6Ikv4xtRkS3mALDT6OYC1EAKn1zNtI=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook
+    intltool
+    pkg-config
+    python3
+    wrapGAppsHook3
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    glib
+    gtk3
+    ibus
+    lua
+    pyzy
+    sqlite
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = {
+    isIbusEngine = true;
+    description = "The PinYin engine for IBus";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ azuwis ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9118b78eb842..4f6d35c8eefa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6831,6 +6831,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
     openbangla-keyboard = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/misc/openbangla-keyboard { withIbusSupport = true; };
 
+    pinyin = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-pinyin { };
+
     rime = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-rime { };
 
     table = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/ibus-engines/ibus-table { };