diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c57548cf9e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/de/deltachat-rpc-server/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, libdeltachat
+, perl
+, pkg-config
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  pname = "deltachat-rpc-server";
+
+  inherit (libdeltachat) version src cargoLock buildInputs;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    perl
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  cargoBuildFlags = [ "--package" "deltachat-rpc-server" ];
+
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = libdeltachat.meta // {
+    description = "Delta Chat RPC server exposing JSON-RPC core API over standard I/O";
+    mainProgram = "deltachat-rpc-server";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeltachat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeltachat/default.nix
index 75ba9ab621b2..e11f18907055 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeltachat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdeltachat/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 , cmake
 , deltachat-desktop
 , deltachat-repl
+, deltachat-rpc-server
 , openssl
 , perl
 , pkg-config
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru = {
     inherit cargoLock;
     tests = {
-      inherit deltachat-desktop deltachat-repl;
+      inherit deltachat-desktop deltachat-repl deltachat-rpc-server;
       python = python3.pkgs.deltachat;
     };
   };