diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphql-language-service-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphql-language-service-cli/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ba974f2543c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphql-language-service-cli/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  fetchYarnDeps,
+  makeWrapper,
+  nodejs,
+  stdenv,
+  yarnBuildHook,
+  yarnConfigHook,
+  versionCheckHook,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "graphql-language-service-cli";
+  version = "3.5.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "graphql";
+    repo = "graphiql";
+    tag = "graphql-language-service-cli@${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-NJTggaMNMjOP5oN+gHxFTwEdNipPNzTFfA6f975HDgM=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    ./patches/0001-repurpose-vscode-graphql-build-script.patch
+  ];
+
+  yarnOfflineCache = fetchYarnDeps {
+    yarnLock = "${finalAttrs.src}/yarn.lock";
+    hash = "sha256-ae6KP2sFgw8/8YaTJSPscBlVQ5/bzbvHRZygcMgFAlU=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    yarnConfigHook
+    yarnBuildHook
+    nodejs
+    makeWrapper
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib}
+
+    pushd packages/graphql-language-service-cli
+
+    node esbuild.js --minify
+
+    # copy package.json for --version command
+    mv {out/graphql.js,package.json} $out/lib
+
+    makeWrapper ${lib.getExe nodejs} $out/bin/graphql-lsp \
+      --add-flags $out/lib/graphql.js \
+
+    popd
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/${finalAttrs.meta.mainProgram}";
+
+  passthru = {
+    updateScript = ./updater.sh;
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Official, runtime independent Language Service for GraphQL";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/graphql/graphiql";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/graphql/graphiql/blob/${finalAttrs.src.tag}/packages/graphql-language-service-cli/CHANGELOG.md";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ nathanregner ];
+    mainProgram = "graphql-lsp";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphql-language-service-cli/patches/0001-repurpose-vscode-graphql-build-script.patch b/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphql-language-service-cli/patches/0001-repurpose-vscode-graphql-build-script.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57617b37dcd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphql-language-service-cli/patches/0001-repurpose-vscode-graphql-build-script.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From ceeca9463380ab11483ec22f9e46fdc3f83162b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nathan Regner <nathanregner@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 15:50:13 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] Repurpose vscode-graphql build script
+
+Bundling the output script means we don't have to ship 1GB of
+`node_modules` (there are lots of unrelated dependencies used by other
+packages in the monorepo).
+---
+ .../esbuild.js                                | 28 ++-----------------
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
+ rename packages/{vscode-graphql => graphql-language-service-cli}/esbuild.js (59%)
+
+diff --git a/packages/vscode-graphql/esbuild.js b/packages/graphql-language-service-cli/esbuild.js
+similarity index 59%
+rename from packages/vscode-graphql/esbuild.js
+rename to packages/graphql-language-service-cli/esbuild.js
+index 744f4e60..4b9147fa 100644
+--- a/packages/vscode-graphql/esbuild.js
++++ b/packages/graphql-language-service-cli/esbuild.js
+@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
+ const { build } = require('esbuild');
+ const [, , arg] = process.argv;
+ 
+-const logger = console;
+-
+-const isWatchMode = arg === '--watch';
+-
+ build({
+-  entryPoints: ['src/extension.ts', 'src/server/index.ts'],
++  entryPoints: ['bin/graphql.js'],
+   bundle: true,
+   minify: arg === '--minify',
+   platform: 'node',
+@@ -50,24 +46,4 @@ build({
+     'liquor',
+     'twig',
+   ],
+-})
+-  .then(({ errors, warnings }) => {
+-    if (warnings.length) {
+-      logger.warn(...warnings);
+-    }
+-    if (errors.length) {
+-      logger.error(...errors);
+-    }
+-
+-    logger.log('successfully bundled vscode-graphql 🚀');
+-
+-    if (isWatchMode) {
+-      logger.log('watching... 🕰');
+-    } else {
+-      process.exit();
+-    }
+-  })
+-  .catch(err => {
+-    logger.error(err);
+-    process.exit(1);
+-  });
++});
+-- 
+2.48.1
+
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphql-language-service-cli/updater.sh b/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphql-language-service-cli/updater.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2d3fd58b1f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gr/graphql-language-service-cli/updater.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p coreutils curl jq nix-update
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# this package is part of a monorepo with many tags; nix-update only seems to
+# fetch the 10 most recent
+# https://github.com/Mic92/nix-update/issues/231
+owner="graphql"
+repo="graphiql"
+version=$(
+    curl -s ${GITHUB_TOKEN:+" -u \":$GITHUB_TOKEN\""} "https://api.github.com/repos/graphql/graphiql/git/refs/tags/graphql-language-service-cli" |
+        jq 'map(.ref | capture("refs/tags/graphql-language-service-cli@(?<version>[0-9.]+)").version) | .[]' -r |
+        sort --reverse --version-sort | head -n1
+)
+
+if [[ "$UPDATE_NIX_OLD_VERSION" == "$version" ]]; then
+    echo "Already up to date!"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+nix-update graphql-language-service-cli --version $version
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
index 7fbfe3333a13..3944cd89e7f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/aliases.nix
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ mapAliases {
   inherit (pkgs) gramma; # added 2024-06-26
   grammarly-languageserver = throw "grammarly-languageserver was removed because it requires EOL Node.js 16"; # added 2024-07-15
   inherit (pkgs) graphite-cli; # added 2024-01-25
+  inherit (pkgs) graphql-language-service-cli; # added 2025-03-17
   inherit (pkgs) graphqurl; # added 2023-08-19
   gtop = pkgs.gtop; # added 2023-07-31
   hs-client = pkgs.hsd; # added 2023-08-20