diff --git a/pkgs/data/themes/nixos-bgrt-plymouth/default.nix b/pkgs/data/themes/nixos-bgrt-plymouth/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0486aed864f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/themes/nixos-bgrt-plymouth/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, unstableGitUpdater
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "nixos-bgrt-plymouth";
+  version = "unstable-2023-03-10";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = "plymouth-theme-nixos-bgrt";
+    owner = "helsinki-systems";
+    rev = "0771e04f13b6b908d815b506472afb1c9a2c81ae";
+    hash = "sha256-aF4Ro5z4G6LS40ENwFDH8CgV7ldfhzqekuSph/DMQoo=";
+  };
+
+  dontConfigure = true;
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/plymouth/themes/nixos-bgrt
+    cp -r $src/{*.plymouth,images} $out/share/plymouth/themes/nixos-bgrt/
+    substituteInPlace $out/share/plymouth/themes/nixos-bgrt/*.plymouth --replace '@IMAGES@' "$out/share/plymouth/themes/nixos-bgrt/images"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "BGRT theme with a spinning NixOS logo";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/helsinki-systems/plymouth-theme-nixos-bgrt";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ lilyinstarlight ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4fbad823ba93..ff66308149a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -38329,6 +38329,8 @@ with pkgs;
   nixos-icons = callPackage ../data/misc/nixos-artwork/icons.nix { };
   nixos-grub2-theme = callPackage ../data/misc/nixos-artwork/grub2-theme.nix { };
 
+  nixos-bgrt-plymouth = callPackage ../data/themes/nixos-bgrt-plymouth { };
+
   nixos-container = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/nixos-container { };
 
   nixos-generators = callPackage ../tools/nix/nixos-generators { };