diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/u-/u-root-cmds/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/u-/u-root-cmds/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb6ff312d832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/u-/u-root-cmds/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  u-root,
+  which,
+}:
+
+u-root.overrideAttrs (prevAttrs: {
+  subPackages = [
+    "cmds/boot/boot"
+    "cmds/boot/fitboot"
+    "cmds/boot/pxeboot"
+    "cmds/cluster/nodestats"
+    "cmds/contrib/fbptcat"
+    "cmds/core/backoff"
+    "cmds/core/base64"
+    "cmds/core/basename"
+    "cmds/core/blkid"
+    "cmds/core/brctl"
+    "cmds/core/cat"
+    "cmds/core/chmod"
+    "cmds/core/chroot"
+    "cmds/core/cmp"
+    "cmds/core/comm"
+    "cmds/core/cp"
+    "cmds/core/cpio"
+    "cmds/core/date"
+    "cmds/core/dd"
+    "cmds/core/df"
+    "cmds/core/dhclient"
+    "cmds/core/dirname"
+    "cmds/core/dmesg"
+    "cmds/core/du"
+    "cmds/core/echo"
+    "cmds/core/false"
+    "cmds/core/find"
+    "cmds/core/free"
+    "cmds/core/fusermount"
+    "cmds/core/gosh"
+    "cmds/core/gpgv"
+    "cmds/core/gpt"
+    "cmds/core/grep"
+    "cmds/core/gzip"
+    "cmds/core/head"
+    "cmds/core/hexdump"
+    "cmds/core/hostname"
+    "cmds/core/hwclock"
+    "cmds/core/id"
+    "cmds/core/init"
+    "cmds/core/insmod"
+    "cmds/core/io"
+    "cmds/core/ip"
+    "cmds/core/kexec"
+    "cmds/core/kill"
+    "cmds/core/lddfiles"
+    "cmds/core/ln"
+    "cmds/core/lockmsrs"
+    "cmds/core/losetup"
+    "cmds/core/ls"
+    "cmds/core/lsdrivers"
+    "cmds/core/lsmod"
+    "cmds/core/man"
+    "cmds/core/md5sum"
+    "cmds/core/mkdir"
+    "cmds/core/mkfifo"
+    "cmds/core/mknod"
+    "cmds/core/mktemp"
+    "cmds/core/more"
+    "cmds/core/mount"
+    "cmds/core/msr"
+    "cmds/core/mv"
+    "cmds/core/netcat"
+    "cmds/core/netstat"
+    "cmds/core/nohup"
+    "cmds/core/ntpdate"
+    "cmds/core/pci"
+    "cmds/core/ping"
+    "cmds/core/poweroff"
+    "cmds/core/printenv"
+    "cmds/core/ps"
+    "cmds/core/pwd"
+    "cmds/core/readlink"
+    "cmds/core/realpath"
+    "cmds/core/rm"
+    "cmds/core/rmmod"
+    "cmds/core/rsdp"
+    "cmds/core/scp"
+    "cmds/core/seq"
+    "cmds/core/shasum"
+    "cmds/core/shutdown"
+    "cmds/core/sleep"
+    "cmds/core/sluinit"
+    "cmds/core/sort"
+    "cmds/core/sshd"
+    "cmds/core/strace"
+    "cmds/core/strings"
+    "cmds/core/stty"
+    "cmds/core/switch_root"
+    "cmds/core/sync"
+    "cmds/core/tail"
+    "cmds/core/tar"
+    "cmds/core/tee"
+    "cmds/core/time"
+    "cmds/core/timeout"
+    "cmds/core/touch"
+    "cmds/core/tr"
+    "cmds/core/true"
+    "cmds/core/truncate"
+    "cmds/core/ts"
+    "cmds/core/tty"
+    "cmds/core/umount"
+    "cmds/core/uname"
+    "cmds/core/uniq"
+    "cmds/core/unmount"
+    "cmds/core/unshare"
+    "cmds/core/uptime"
+    "cmds/core/watchdog"
+    "cmds/core/watchdogd"
+    "cmds/core/wc"
+    "cmds/core/wget"
+    "cmds/core/which"
+    "cmds/core/xargs"
+    "cmds/core/yes"
+    "cmds/exp/acpicat"
+    "cmds/exp/acpigrep"
+    "cmds/exp/ansi"
+    "cmds/exp/bootvars"
+    "cmds/exp/bzimage"
+    "cmds/exp/cbmem"
+    "cmds/exp/console"
+    "cmds/exp/crc"
+    "cmds/exp/disk_unlock"
+    "cmds/exp/dmidecode"
+    "cmds/exp/dumpebda"
+    "cmds/exp/dumpmemmap"
+    "cmds/exp/ectool"
+    "cmds/exp/ed"
+    "cmds/exp/efivarfs"
+    "cmds/exp/esxiboot"
+    "cmds/exp/fbnetboot"
+    "cmds/exp/fbsplash"
+    "cmds/exp/fdtdump"
+    "cmds/exp/field"
+    "cmds/exp/fixrsdp"
+    "cmds/exp/forth"
+    "cmds/exp/freq"
+    "cmds/exp/getty"
+    "cmds/exp/hdparm"
+    "cmds/exp/ipmidump"
+    "cmds/exp/kconf"
+    "cmds/exp/localboot"
+    "cmds/exp/lsfabric"
+    "cmds/exp/madeye"
+    "cmds/exp/modprobe"
+    "cmds/exp/netbootxyz"
+    "cmds/exp/newsshd"
+    "cmds/exp/nvme_unlock"
+    "cmds/exp/page"
+    "cmds/exp/partprobe"
+    "cmds/exp/pflask"
+    "cmds/exp/pox"
+    "cmds/exp/pxeserver"
+    "cmds/exp/readelf"
+    "cmds/exp/readpe"
+    "cmds/exp/run"
+    "cmds/exp/rush"
+    "cmds/exp/smbios_transfer"
+    "cmds/exp/smn"
+    "cmds/exp/srvfiles"
+    "cmds/exp/ssh"
+    "cmds/exp/syscallfilter"
+    "cmds/exp/systemboot"
+    "cmds/exp/tac"
+    "cmds/exp/tc"
+    "cmds/exp/tcpdump"
+    "cmds/exp/tcz"
+    "cmds/exp/tftp"
+    "cmds/exp/traceroute"
+    "cmds/exp/uefiboot"
+    "cmds/exp/vboot"
+    "cmds/exp/vmboot"
+    "cmds/exp/watch"
+    "cmds/exp/zbi"
+    "cmds/exp/zimage"
+    "cmds/extra/tsort"
+    "cmds/fwtools/flash"
+    "cmds/fwtools/spidev"
+  ];
+
+  allowGoReference = false;
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ which ];
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    rm cmds/core/brctl/*_test.go # Error: open /sys/class/net: no such file or directory
+    rm cmds/core/du/*_test.go # Error: expected 0 got 8
+    rm cmds/core/mkdir/*_test.go # Error: Mode = 'drwxr-xr-x', want: 'dgrwxrwxrwx'
+    rm cmds/core/netcat/*_test.go # Error: parseRemoteAddr(tcp, ::1) = [::1 localhost], want a subset of [::1 ip6-localhost]
+    rm cmds/exp/bzimage/*_test.go # Error: compressed KernelCode too big: was 611116, now 611124
+  '';
+
+  meta = (lib.removeAttrs prevAttrs.meta [ "mainProgram" ]) // {
+    longDescription = "All u-root commands compiles as standalone binaries";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/u-/u-root/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/u-/u-root/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9617c5d68553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/u-/u-root/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildGoModule,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  coreutils,
+  bash,
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "u-root";
+  version = "0.14.0-unstable-2024-09-26";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "u-root";
+    repo = "u-root";
+    rev = "a620c4fc0eeeaa71ea68c27d6ef96352ed814829";
+    hash = "sha256-8B2H3AwGo9friveBk4bijOph9bSSNR7PPKJYEuywgm4=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = null;
+
+  subPackages = [ "." ];
+
+  CGO_ENABLED = "0";
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" ];
+
+  allowGoReference = true;
+
+  # The tests want to copy /bin/bash and /bin/ls, but we don't have those.
+  # As these are interesting e2e tests to check if things work, we substitute
+  # them with the actual paths instead of just skipping the tests.
+  preCheck = ''
+    substituteInPlace ./uroot_test.go \
+      --replace-fail '-files=/bin/bash"' '-files=${bash}/bin/bash:bin/bash"' \
+      --replace-fail '-files=/bin/ls"' '-files=${coreutils}/bin/ls:bin/ls"' \
+      --replace-fail '-files=/bin/bash' '-files=${bash}/bin/bash'
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A fully Go userland with Linux bootloaders";
+    longDescription = "u-root can create a one-binary root file system (initramfs) containing a busybox-like set of tools written in Go";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/u-root/u-root";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/u-root/u-root/blob/${src.rev}/RELEASES";
+    license = lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ katexochen ];
+    mainProgram = "u-root";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}