diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/readstat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/readstat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51ee824b6ff1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/readstat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkg-config }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "readstat";
+  version = "1.1.8";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "WizardMac";
+    repo = "ReadStat";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1r04lq45h1yn34v1mgfiqjfzyaqv4axqlby0nkandamcsqyhc7y4";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config autoreconfHook ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/WizardMac/ReadStat";
+    description = "Command-line tool (+ C library) for converting SAS, Stata, and SPSS files";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ swflint ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac351e13aba7..e0925431a8c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10510,6 +10510,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   read-edid = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/read-edid { };
 
+  readstat = callPackage ../applications/science/math/readstat { };
+
   redir = callPackage ../tools/networking/redir { };
 
   redmine = callPackage ../applications/version-management/redmine { };