diff --git a/pkgs/games/tintin/default.nix b/pkgs/games/tintin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7add5af64fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/tintin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, lib, zlib, pcre
+, memorymappingHook, memstreamHook
+, gnutls
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "tintin";
+  version = "2.02.20";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "scandum";
+    repo = "tintin";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-H9Cjg/GkyV50pgewv77zOJ8/Op78P9sQmZ5LorO4L+A=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib pcre gnutls ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin") [ memorymappingHook memstreamHook ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    cd src
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A free MUD client for macOS, Linux and Windows";
+    homepage    = "https://tintin.mudhalla.net/index.php";
+    license     = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abathur ];
+    mainProgram = "tt++";
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6a14097e6488..1d56e7dc220e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -33141,7 +33141,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tibia = pkgsi686Linux.callPackage ../games/tibia { };
 
-  tintin = throw "tintin has been removed due to lack of maintainers";
+  tintin = callPackage ../games/tintin { };
 
   tinyfugue = callPackage ../games/tinyfugue { };