diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/protoscope/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/protoscope/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12c120196f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/protoscope/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "protoscope";
+  version = "unstable-2022-10-04";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "protocolbuffers";
+    repo = "protoscope";
+    rev = "8b1d63939ee1a5d922b38f3976e1e58cae525163";
+    sha256 = "sha256-/vt02rvKVsryJZ+Bw4QLaGzDErGI04/4NUbSBkbbN3Y=";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-mK8eGo6oembs4nofvROn4g0+oO5E5/zQrmPKMe3xXik=";
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple, human-editable language for representing and emitting the Protobuf wire format";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protoscope";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ aaronjheng ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0da9a1876e62..0b99ba4df21d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10475,6 +10475,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   proot = callPackage ../tools/system/proot { };
 
+  protoscope = callPackage ../development/tools/protoscope { };
+
   prototypejs = callPackage ../development/libraries/prototypejs { };
 
   inherit (callPackages ../tools/security/proxmark3 { gcc-arm-embedded = gcc-arm-embedded-8; })