diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix
index bbc9a804aa74..ccd0b19e1ad3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { pkgs, nodejs, stdenv, applyPatches, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, fetchurl }:
 
 let
+  inherit (pkgs) lib;
   since = (version: pkgs.lib.versionAtLeast nodejs.version version);
   before = (version: pkgs.lib.versionOlder nodejs.version version);
   super = import ./composition.nix {
@@ -319,23 +320,11 @@ let
     };
 
     netlify-cli =
-      let
-        esbuild = pkgs.esbuild.overrideAttrs (old: rec {
-          version = "0.13.6";
-
-          src = fetchFromGitHub {
-            owner = "netlify";
-            repo = "esbuild";
-            rev = "v${version}";
-            sha256 = "0asjmqfzdrpfx2hd5hkac1swp52qknyqavsm59j8xr4c1ixhc6n9";
-          };
-
-        });
-      in
       super.netlify-cli.override {
         preRebuild = ''
-          export ESBUILD_BINARY_PATH="${esbuild}/bin/esbuild"
+          export ESBUILD_BINARY_PATH="${pkgs.esbuild_netlify}/bin/esbuild"
         '';
+        meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ roberth ];
       };
 
     ssb-server = super.ssb-server.override {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/netlify.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/netlify.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..efd5b917e9cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/esbuild/netlify.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "esbuild";
+  version = "0.13.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "netlify";
+    repo = "esbuild";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0asjmqfzdrpfx2hd5hkac1swp52qknyqavsm59j8xr4c1ixhc6n9";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-2ABWPqhK2Cf4ipQH7XvRrd+ZscJhYPc3SV2cGT0apdg=";
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A fork of esbuild maintained by netlify";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/netlify/esbuild";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ roberth ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 84f1979bbb2d..d12eb493ea5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1614,6 +1614,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   esbuild = callPackage ../development/tools/esbuild { };
 
+  esbuild_netlify = callPackage ../development/tools/esbuild/netlify.nix { };
+
   essentia-extractor = callPackage ../tools/audio/essentia-extractor { };
 
   esh = callPackage ../tools/text/esh { };