diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rain/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rain/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07db283bff70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rain/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, testers
+, rain
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "rain";
+  version = "1.2.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aws-cloudformation";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-6YKZy6sdy1Yi2cDaLMA54GBTZ9uPhYi5Cq5QqCGbD5k=";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = "sha256-e3R8+xarofbx3Ky6JIfDbysTQETCUaQj/QmzAiU7fZk=";
+
+  subPackages = [ "cmd/rain" ];
+
+  ldflags = [ "-s" "-w" ];
+
+  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
+    package = rain;
+    command = "rain --version";
+    version = "v${version}";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A development workflow tool for working with AWS CloudFormation";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/rain";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jiegec ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8f835549d706..ae29ede5f9e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10158,6 +10158,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   radvd = callPackage ../tools/networking/radvd { };
 
+  rain = callPackage ../development/tools/rain {
+    buildGoModule = buildGo117Module;
+  };
+
   rainbowstream = with python3.pkgs; toPythonApplication rainbowstream;
 
   rambox = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/rambox { };