diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
index fb4a455a3e96..423f9e3f5651 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ lib.makeScope
 
     coreutils = callPackage ./coreutils { tinycc = tinycc-mes; };
 
+    gnumake = callPackage ./gnumake { tinycc = tinycc-mes; };
+
     gnupatch = callPackage ./gnupatch { tinycc = tinycc-mes; };
 
-    gnumake = callPackage ./gnumake { tinycc = tinycc-mes; };
+    gnused = callPackage ./gnused {
+      bash = bash_2_05;
+      tinycc = tinycc-mes;
+    };
 
     ln-boot = callPackage ./ln-boot { };
 
@@ -34,9 +39,10 @@ lib.makeScope
     inherit (callPackage ./utils.nix { }) fetchurl derivationWithMeta writeTextFile writeText;
 
     test = kaem.runCommand "minimal-bootstrap-test" {} ''
+      echo ${bash_2_05.tests.get-version}
+      echo ${gnused.tests.get-version}
       echo ${mes.compiler.tests.get-version}
       echo ${tinycc-mes.compiler.tests.chain}
-      echo ${bash_2_05.tests.get-version}
       mkdir ''${out}
     '';
   })
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnused/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnused/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6b1f9f198c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gnused/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchurl
+, bash
+, tinycc
+, gnumake
+}:
+let
+  pname = "gnused";
+  # last version that can be compiled with mes-libc
+  version = "4.0.9";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/sed/sed-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0006gk1dw2582xsvgx6y6rzs9zw8b36rhafjwm288zqqji3qfrf3";
+  };
+
+  # Thanks to the live-bootstrap project!
+  # See https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap/blob/1bc4296091c51f53a5598050c8956d16e945b0f5/sysa/sed-4.0.9/sed-4.0.9.kaem
+  makefile = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap/raw/1bc4296091c51f53a5598050c8956d16e945b0f5/sysa/sed-4.0.9/mk/main.mk";
+    sha256 = "0w1f5ri0g5zla31m6l6xyzbqwdvandqfnzrsw90dd6ak126w3mya";
+  };
+in
+bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}" {
+  inherit pname version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    tinycc.compiler
+    gnumake
+  ];
+
+  passthru.tests.get-version = result:
+    bash.runCommand "${pname}-get-version-${version}" {} ''
+      ${result}/bin/sed --version
+      mkdir ''${out}
+    '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "GNU sed, a batch stream editor";
+    homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/sed";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = teams.minimal-bootstrap.members;
+    mainProgram = "sed";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+} ''
+  # Unpack
+  ungz --file ${src} --output sed.tar
+  untar --file sed.tar
+  rm sed.tar
+  cd sed-${version}
+
+  # Configure
+  cp ${makefile} Makefile
+  catm config.h
+
+  # Build
+  make \
+    CC="tcc -B ${tinycc.libs}/lib" \
+    LIBC=mes
+
+  # Install
+  make install PREFIX=$out
+''