diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyperssh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hy/hyperssh/package.nix
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+{
+  buildNpmPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchurl,
+  lib,
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage {
+  pname = "hyperssh";
+  version = "5.0.3";
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-nT++cvYbY+zsebIaMZ0hUhK9pAX17GTbQyuixdCjojM=";
+
+  makeCacheWritable = true;
+
+  dontNpmBuild = true;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mafintosh";
+    repo = "hyperssh";
+    rev = "v5.0.3";
+    hash = "sha256-vjPSNcQRsqu0ee0hownEE9y8dFf9dqaL7alGRc9WjcI=2";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # TODO: remove after this is merged: https://github.com/mafintosh/hyperssh/pull/16
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = "https://github.com/mafintosh/hyperssh/commit/ad1d0e06a133e71c9df9f59dd5f805c49f46ec70.patch";
+      hash = "sha256-fUjgHHbZHgqokNg2fVVZCjoDA3LqSJiFzBwgA8Tt1m4=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Run SSH over hyperswarm";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/mafintosh/hyperssh";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ davhau ];
+    mainProgram = "hyperssh";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}