diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tkrzw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tkrzw/default.nix
index 4ede98f75099..db963e5d8623 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tkrzw/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tkrzw/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, nimPackages }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "tkrzw";
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # memory intensive
 
+  passthru.tests.nim = nimPackages.tkrzw;
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A set of implementations of DBM";
     homepage = "https://dbmx.net/tkrzw/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/nim-packages/tkrzw/default.nix b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/tkrzw/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1988260ac485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/nim-packages/tkrzw/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ lib, buildNimPackage, fetchFromSourcehut, pkg-config, tkrzw }:
+
+buildNimPackage rec {
+  pname = "tkrzw";
+  version = "20220922";
+  src = fetchFromSourcehut {
+    owner = "~ehmry";
+    repo = "nim-${pname}";
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-66rUuK+wUrqs1QYjteZcaIrfg+LHQNcR+XM+EtVuGsA=";
+  };
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ tkrzw ];
+  doCheck = true;
+  meta = with lib;
+    src.meta // {
+      description = "Nim wrappers over some of the Tkrzw C++ library";
+      license = lib.licenses.apsl20;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ehmry ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
index decd0b569ac9..23a46a39690b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/nim-packages.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ lib.makeScope newScope (self:
 
     tempfile = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/tempfile { };
 
+    tkrzw = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/tkrzw { inherit (pkgs) tkrzw; };
+
     ui = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/ui { inherit (pkgs) libui; };
 
     unicodedb = callPackage ../development/nim-packages/unicodedb { };