diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/catdvi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/catdvi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea2b49423f22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/catdvi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchurl
+, fetchpatch
+, texlive
+, buildPackages
+}:
+
+let
+  buildPlatformTools = [ "pse2unic" "adobe2h" ];
+  tex = texlive.combine {
+    inherit (texlive) collection-fontsrecommended;
+  };
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "catdvi";
+  version = "0.14";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = with finalAttrs; "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/${pname}/${pname}-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "sha256-orVQVdQuRXp//OGkA7xRidNi4+J+tkw398LPZ+HX+k8=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # fix error: conflicting types for 'kpathsea_version_string'; have 'char *'
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://sources.debian.org/data/main/c/catdvi/0.14-14/debian/patches/03_kpathsea_version_string_declaration.diff";
+      hash = "sha256-d3CPDxXdVVLNtKkN0rC2G02dh/bJrRll/nVzQNggwkk=";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "format" ];
+
+  outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optional (with stdenv; buildPlatform.canExecute hostPlatform) "dev";
+
+  setOutputFlags = false;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  preBuild = lib.optionalString (with stdenv; !buildPlatform.canExecute hostPlatform)
+    (lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (tool: ''
+      cp ${lib.getDev buildPackages.catdvi}/bin/${tool} .
+    '') buildPlatformTools);
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    texlive.bin.core
+    texlive.bin.core.dev
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    tex
+  ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "catdvi"  # to avoid running tests until checkPhase
+  ] ++ lib.optionals (with stdenv; !buildPlatform.canExecute hostPlatform)
+    (map (tool: "--assume-old=${tool}") buildPlatformTools);
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    texlive
+  ];
+
+  testFlags = [
+    "all1"
+  ];
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,man/man1}
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString (with stdenv; buildPlatform.canExecute hostPlatform) ''
+    mkdir -p $dev/bin
+    ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (tool: ''
+      cp ${tool} $dev/bin/
+    '') buildPlatformTools}
+  '' + ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share
+    ln -s ${tex}/share/texmf-var $out/share/texmf
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "http://catdvi.sourceforge.net";
+    description = "A DVI to plain text translator";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = [ ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index af4c11d0a15c..e201b1d4e946 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5391,6 +5391,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   blahtexml = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/blahtexml { };
 
+  catdvi = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/catdvi { };
+
   dblatex = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/tex/dblatex { };
 
   dblatexFull = dblatex.override { enableAllFeatures = true; };