diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix
index 46cbafff2ad9..c54ed70b530c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/nomad/default.nix
@@ -85,4 +85,15 @@ rec {
       export PATH="$PATH:/build/go/bin"
     '';
   };
+
+  nomad_1_6 = generic {
+    buildGoModule = buildGo120Module;
+    version = "1.6.0";
+    sha256 = "sha256-979SlqBu2/kUdPB4BplhOcEq0J2sjKmFkEiLOzOAUPM=";
+    vendorSha256 = "sha256-Y3O7ADzZPlLWFbXSYBcI6b5MAhMD0UnkhQxO9VJMpOY=";
+    passthru.tests.nomad = nixosTests.nomad;
+    preCheck = ''
+      export PATH="$PATH:/build/go/bin"
+    '';
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c1420841ff84..f31c89f06a35 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10788,6 +10788,7 @@ with pkgs;
     nomad_1_3
     nomad_1_4
     nomad_1_5
+    nomad_1_6
     ;
 
   nomad-autoscaler = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/nomad-autoscaler { };