diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/go-car/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/go/go-car/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  buildGoModule,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  libpcap,
+}:
+
+buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "go-car";
+  version = "2.16.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ipld";
+    repo = "go-car";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-ams0SK9Dz9McW3GLwyndCrRluvaaJiychbZX1pSW3Nw=";
+  };
+
+  modRoot = "cmd";
+  subPackages = [ "car" ];
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-ZbMhX4H1rHdkdK6YIGDmSzro9q9PmkYvx9UhBaJ/i4M=";
+
+  buildInputs = [ libpcap ];
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Content addressable archive utility";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ipld/go-car";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ipld/go-car/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ malik ];
+    mainProgram = "car";
+  };
+})