diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 94007a0274c4..bb494a917683 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -1530,6 +1530,12 @@
     githubId = 1111035;
     name = "Break Yang";
   };
+  brecht = {
+    email = "brecht.savelkoul@alumni.lse.ac.uk";
+    github = "brechtcs";
+    githubId = 6107054;
+    name = "Brecht Savelkoul";
+  };
   brettlyons = {
     email = "blyons@fastmail.com";
     github = "brettlyons";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/Gemfile b/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55b6e9f5650b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem 'twurl'
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/Gemfile.lock b/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/Gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d29268e656dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/Gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    oauth (0.5.6)
+    twurl (0.9.6)
+      oauth (~> 0.4)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  twurl
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.1.4
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dccb67fbaf6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ lib, bundlerApp, bundlerUpdateScript }:
+
+bundlerApp {
+  pname = "twurl";
+  gemdir = ./.;
+  exes = [ "twurl" ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = bundlerUpdateScript "twurl";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "OAuth-enabled curl for the Twitter API";
+    homepage    = "https://github.com/twitter/twurl";
+    license     = "MIT";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ brecht ];
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/gemset.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/gemset.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1a2ed835d3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/twurl/gemset.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  oauth = {
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "1zwd6v39yqfdrpg1p3d9jvzs9ljg55ana2p06m0l7qn5w0lgx1a0";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "0.5.6";
+  };
+  twurl = {
+    dependencies = ["oauth"];
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "1jgsxa0cnkajnsxxlsrgl2wq3m7khaxvr0rcir4vwbc1hx210700";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "0.9.6";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d80137cf1ea7..5180fef9b2b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9553,6 +9553,8 @@ in
 
   twtxt = python3Packages.callPackage ../applications/networking/twtxt { };
 
+  twurl = callPackage ../tools/misc/twurl { };
+
   txr = callPackage ../tools/misc/txr { stdenv = clangStdenv; };
 
   txt2man = callPackage ../tools/misc/txt2man { };