diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/cockroachdb/cockroachdb-bin.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/cockroachdb/cockroachdb-bin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef500a114712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/cockroachdb/cockroachdb-bin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchzip
+, buildFHSEnv
+}:
+
+let
+  version = "23.1.7";
+  name = "cockroachdb-${version}";
+
+  # For several reasons building cockroach from source has become
+  # nearly imposible. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/152626
+  # Therefore we use the pre-build release binary and wrap it with buildFHSUserEnv to
+  # work on nix.
+  # You can generate the hashes with
+  # nix flake prefetch <url>
+  src = fetchzip (lib.getAttr stdenv.system {
+    x86_64-linux = {
+      name = "cockroachdb-release-${version}";
+      url = "https://binaries.cockroachdb.com/cockroach-v${version}.linux-amd64.tgz";
+      sha256 = "sha256-FL/zDrl+QstBp54LE9/SbIfSPorneGZSef6dcOQJbSo=";
+    };
+  });
+
+in
+buildFHSEnv {
+  inherit name;
+
+  runScript = "${src}/cockroach";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://www.cockroachlabs.com";
+    description = "A scalable, survivable, strongly-consistent SQL database";
+    license = licenses.bsl11;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rushmorem thoughtpolice neosimsim ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f7d3617124f6..2626d7fc09f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27384,6 +27384,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cockroachdb = callPackage ../servers/sql/cockroachdb { };
 
+  cockroachdb-bin = callPackage ../servers/sql/cockroachdb/cockroachdb-bin.nix { };
+
   coconutbattery = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/coconutbattery { };
 
   conky = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/conky ({