diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/all-plugins.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/all-plugins.nix
index 947e0ff9196c..35c4b5b37491 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/all-plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/all-plugins.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ let
   callPackage = newScope args;
 in
 {
+  discourse-assign = callPackage ./discourse-assign {};
   discourse-calendar = callPackage ./discourse-calendar {};
   discourse-canned-replies = callPackage ./discourse-canned-replies {};
   discourse-checklist = callPackage ./discourse-checklist {};
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-assign/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-assign/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a514425c4031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-assign/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ lib, mkDiscoursePlugin, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+mkDiscoursePlugin {
+  name = "discourse-assign";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "discourse";
+    repo = "discourse-assign";
+    rev = "5124ba0f67e26a075f0a0fc8993273f1211d1c28";
+    sha256 = "1zd2irp5siza0vd5rlwzmjfvcdfw785988jc526xc741flazk1lr";
+  };
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/discourse/discourse-docs";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dpausp ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    description = "Discourse Plugin for assigning users to a topic";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/update.py b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/update.py
index a207b0ebf318..ac61791e6c68 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/update.py
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/update.py
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ def update_plugins():
 
     """
     plugins = [
+        {'name': 'discourse-assign'},
         {'name': 'discourse-calendar'},
         {'name': 'discourse-canned-replies'},
         {'name': 'discourse-checklist'},