diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/l3afpad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/l3afpad/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e047aaa27028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/l3afpad/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, intltool, pkg-config, gtk3, fetchFromGitHub
+, autoreconfHook, wrapGAppsHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "unstable-2022-02-14";
+  pname = "l3afpad";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "stevenhoneyman";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "16f22222116b78b7f6a6fd83289937cdaabed624";
+    sha256 = "sha256-ly2w9jmRlprm/PnyC0LYjrxBVK+J0DLiSpzuTUMZpWA=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook wrapGAppsHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ intltool gtk3 ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Simple text editor forked from Leafpad using GTK+ 3.x";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/stevenhoneyman/l3afpad";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ckie ];
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5c223b9cd835..bc50f43ec9bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9077,6 +9077,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   leafpad = callPackage ../applications/editors/leafpad { };
 
+  l3afpad = callPackage ../applications/editors/l3afpad { };
+
   leatherman = callPackage ../development/libraries/leatherman { };
 
   ledit = callPackage ../tools/misc/ledit {