diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/zim-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/zim-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..319eb47be271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/zim-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson, ninja, pkg-config
+, docopt_cpp, file, gumbo, mustache-hpp, zimlib, zlib
+, gtest
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "zim-tools";
+  version = "3.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "openzim";
+    repo = "zim-tools";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "sha256-xZae1o4L9AdGDqBnFDZniWNM/dLsYRcS0OLWw9+Wecs=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ docopt_cpp file gumbo mustache-hpp zimlib zlib ];
+
+  checkInputs = [ gtest ];
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Various ZIM command line tools";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/openzim/zim-tools";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ robbinch ];
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/zimwriterfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/zimwriterfs/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a7e495df2b8..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/zimwriterfs/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
-
-, autoconf
-, automake
-, libtool
-, pkg-config
-
-, file
-, icu
-, gumbo
-, xz
-, xapian
-, zimlib
-, zlib
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "zimwriterfs";
-  version = "1.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "wikimedia";
-    repo = "openzim";
-    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
-    sha256 = "1vkrrq929a8s3m5rri1lg0l2vd0mc9n2fsb2z1g88k4n4j2l6f19";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ file icu gumbo xz zimlib zlib xapian ];
-  setSourceRoot = ''
-    sourceRoot=$(echo */zimwriterfs)
-  '';
-  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "A console tool to create ZIM files";
-    homepage = "http://git.wikimedia.org/log/openzim";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ robbinch ];
-    license = lib.licenses.gpl3;
-    platforms = with lib.platforms; [ linux ];
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 8e3fa8e0f269..0dec5d31a220 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1510,6 +1510,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   zabbix30 = throw "Zabbix 3.0.x is end of life, see https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/5.0/manual/installation/upgrade/sources for a direct upgrade path to 5.0.x"; # Added 2021-04-07
   zdfmediathk = throw "'zdfmediathk' has been renamed to/replaced by 'mediathekview'"; # Converted to throw 2022-02-22
   zimreader = throw "zimreader has been removed from nixpkgs as it has been replaced by kiwix-serve and stopped working with modern zimlib versions"; # Added 2021-03-28
+  zimwriterfs = throw "zimwriterfs is now part of zim-tools"; # Added 2022-06-10.
 
   # TODO(ekleog): add ‘wasm’ alias to ‘ocamlPackages.wasm’ after 19.03
   # branch-off
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1ab652f0b961..f610659c5d47 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11992,7 +11992,7 @@ with pkgs;
   zinnia = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/zinnia { };
   tegaki-zinnia-japanese = callPackage ../tools/inputmethods/tegaki-zinnia-japanese { };
 
-  zimwriterfs = callPackage ../tools/text/zimwriterfs { };
+  zim-tools = callPackage ../tools/text/zim-tools { };
 
   zld = callPackage ../development/tools/zld { };