diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/op/openapv/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/op/openapv/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  writeText,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cmake,
+}:
+let
+  # Requires an /etc/os-release file, so we override it with this.
+  osRelease = writeText "os-release" ''ID=NixOS'';
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "openapv";
+  version = "0.2.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "AcademySoftwareFoundation";
+    repo = "openapv";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Edj3xQ7AcHcdIbg4o2FidAGZ06fUBltW+1ojJPoIktA=";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+      --replace-fail "/etc/os-release" "${osRelease}"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  meta = {
+    changelog = "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openapv/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    description = "Reference implementation of the APV codec";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openapv";
+    license = [ lib.licenses.bsd3 ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ pyrox0 ];
+  };
+})