diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnucobol/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnucobol/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c698954e5ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnucobol/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  autoconf269,
+  automake,
+  libtool,
+  pkg-config,
+  # libs
+  cjson,
+  db,
+  gmp,
+  libxml2,
+  ncurses,
+  # docs
+  help2man,
+  texinfo,
+  texliveBasic,
+  # test
+  perl,
+}:
+let
+  nistTestSuite = fetchurl {
+    # Used to check GnuCOBOL with the NIST test suite
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/gnucobol/newcob.val.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-5FE/JqmziRH3v4gv49MzmoC0XKvCyvheswVbD1zofuA=";
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "gnucobol";
+  version = "3.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/gnucobol/gnucobol-${finalAttrs.version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-O7SK9GztR3n6z0H9wu5g5My4bqqZ0BCzZoUxXfOcLuI=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    autoconf269
+    automake
+    help2man
+    libtool
+    perl
+    texinfo
+    texliveBasic
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    cjson
+    db
+    gmp
+    libxml2
+    ncurses
+  ];
+
+  outputs = [
+    "bin"
+    "dev"
+    "lib"
+    "out"
+  ];
+  # XXX: Without this, we get a cycle between bin and dev
+  propagatedBuildOutputs = [ ];
+
+  # Skips a broken test
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i '/^AT_CHECK.*crud\.cob/i AT_SKIP_IF([true])' tests/testsuite.src/listings.at
+    # upstream reports the following tests as known failures
+    # test 843 (runtime check: write to internal storage (1))
+    sed -i "/^843;/d" tests/testsuite
+    # test 875 (INDEXED sample)
+    sed -i "/^875;/d" tests/testsuite
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      autoconf
+      aclocal
+      automake
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+      # when building with nix on darwin, configure will use GNU strip,
+      # which fails due to using --strip-unneeded, which is not supported
+      substituteInPlace configure --replace-fail '"GNU strip"' 'FAKE GNU strip'
+    '';
+
+  # error: call to undeclared function 'xmlCleanupParser'
+  # ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
+  env.CFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  installFlags = [
+    "install-pdf"
+    "install-html"
+    "localedir=$out/share/locale"
+  ];
+
+  # Tests must run after install.
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstallCheck
+
+    # Run tests
+    TESTSUITEFLAGS="--jobs=$NIX_BUILD_CORES" make check
+
+    # Run NIST tests
+    cp -v ${nistTestSuite} ./tests/cobol85/newcob.val.tar.gz
+    TESTSUITEFLAGS="--jobs=$NIX_BUILD_CORES" make test
+
+    # Sanity check
+    message="Hello, COBOL!"
+    # XXX: Don't for a second think you can just get rid of these spaces, they
+    # are load bearing.
+    tee hello.cbl <<EOF
+           IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
+           PROGRAM-ID. HELLO.
+
+           PROCEDURE DIVISION.
+           DISPLAY "$message".
+           STOP RUN.
+    EOF
+    $bin/bin/cobc -x -o hello-cobol "hello.cbl"
+    hello="$(./hello-cobol | tee >(cat >&2))"
+    [[ "$hello" == "$message" ]] || exit 1
+
+    runHook postInstallCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Free/libre COBOL compiler";
+    homepage = "https://gnu.org/software/gnucobol/";
+    license = with licenses; [
+      gpl3Only
+      lgpl3Only
+    ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [
+      ericsagnes
+      lovesegfault
+      techknowlogick
+      kiike
+    ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gnu-cobol/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/gnu-cobol/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 83f24fff864e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gnu-cobol/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, autoconf269
-, automake
-, libtool
-, pkg-config
-# libs
-, cjson
-, db
-, gmp
-, libxml2
-, ncurses
-# docs
-, help2man
-, texinfo
-, texliveBasic
-# test
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "gnu-cobol";
-  version = "3.2";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/gnucobol/${lib.versions.majorMinor version}/gnucobol-${version}.tar.xz";
-    hash = "sha256-O7SK9GztR3n6z0H9wu5g5My4bqqZ0BCzZoUxXfOcLuI=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
-    autoconf269
-    automake
-    libtool
-    help2man
-    texinfo
-    texliveBasic
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    cjson
-    db
-    gmp
-    libxml2
-    ncurses
-  ];
-
-  outputs = [ "bin" "dev" "lib" "out" ];
-  # XXX: Without this, we get a cycle between bin and dev
-  propagatedBuildOutputs = [];
-
-  # Skips a broken test
-  postPatch = ''
-    sed -i '/^AT_CHECK.*crud\.cob/i AT_SKIP_IF([true])' tests/testsuite.src/listings.at
-    # upstream reports the following tests as known failures
-    # test 843:
-    sed -i '14180i\AT_SKIP_IF([true])' tests/testsuite.src/run_misc.at
-    # test 875:
-    sed -i '2894s/^/AT_SKIP_IF([true])/' tests/testsuite.src/run_file.at
-  '';
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    autoconf
-    aclocal
-    automake
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    # when building with nix on darwin, configure will use GNU strip,
-    # which fails due to using --strip-unneeded, which is not supported
-    substituteInPlace configure --replace-fail '"GNU strip"' 'FAKE GNU strip'
-  '';
-
-  # error: call to undeclared function 'xmlCleanupParser'
-  # ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
-  env.CFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration";
-
-  enableParallelBuilding = true;
-
-  installFlags = [ "install-pdf" "install-html" "localedir=$out/share/locale" ];
-
-  # Tests must run after install.
-  doCheck = false;
-
-  doInstallCheck = true;
-  installCheckPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstallCheck
-
-    # Run tests
-    TESTSUITEFLAGS="--jobs=$NIX_BUILD_CORES" make check
-
-    # Sanity check
-    message="Hello, COBOL!"
-    # XXX: Don't for a second think you can just get rid of these spaces, they
-    # are load bearing.
-    tee hello.cbl <<EOF
-           IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
-           PROGRAM-ID. HELLO.
-
-           PROCEDURE DIVISION.
-           DISPLAY "$message".
-           STOP RUN.
-    EOF
-    $bin/bin/cobc -x -o hello-cobol "hello.cbl"
-    hello="$(./hello-cobol | tee >(cat >&2))"
-    [[ "$hello" == "$message" ]] || exit 1
-
-    runHook postInstallCheck
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Open-source COBOL compiler";
-    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucobol/";
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl3Only lgpl3Only ];
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ericsagnes lovesegfault techknowlogick ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index b2a11c0a2549..85be9b0fa166 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -532,6 +532,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   gmpc = throw "'gmpc' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'plattenalbum' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
   gmtk = throw "'gmtk' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream"; # Added 2024-09-14
   gmtp = throw "'gmtp' has been removed due to lack of maintenance upstream. Consider using 'gnome-music' instead"; # Added 2024-09-14
+  gnu-cobol = gnucobol; # Added 2024-09-17
   go-dependency-manager = throw "'go-dependency-manager' is unmaintained and the go community now uses 'go.mod' mostly instead"; # Added 2023-10-04
   gotktrix = throw "'gotktrix' has been removed, as it was broken and unmaintained"; # Added 2023-12-06
   git-backup = throw "git-backup has been removed, as it has been abandoned upstream. Consider using git-backup-go instead.";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9f5a5ece5be8..97bf23bde3e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8040,8 +8040,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gnu-cim = callPackage ../development/compilers/gnu-cim { };
 
-  gnu-cobol = callPackage ../development/compilers/gnu-cobol { };
-
   gnuclad = callPackage ../applications/graphics/gnuclad { };
 
   gnufdisk = callPackage ../tools/system/fdisk {