diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 94a90d91013b..e11e93f9735b 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -12263,6 +12263,12 @@
     githubId = 710906;
     name = "Roel van Dijk";
   };
+  roman = {
+    email = "open-source@roman-gonzalez.info";
+    github = "roman";
+    githubId = 7335;
+    name = "Roman Gonzalez";
+  };
   romildo = {
     email = "malaquias@gmail.com";
     github = "romildo";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/locate-dominating-file/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/locate-dominating-file/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8932b6f62259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/locate-dominating-file/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ bats
+, bash
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, lib
+, stdenvNoCC
+, getopt
+}:
+let
+  version = "0.0.1";
+in
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "locate-dominating-file";
+  inherit version;
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "roman";
+    repo = "locate-dominating-file";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-gwh6fAw7BV7VFIkQN02QIhK47uxpYheMk64UeLyp2IY=";
+  };
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    for file in $(find src tests -type f); do
+      patchShebangs "$file"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ getopt ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp src/locate-dominating-file.sh $out/bin/locate-dominating-file
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  checkInputs = [ (bats.withLibraries (p: [ p.bats-support p.bats-assert ])) ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
+    bats -t tests
+
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Program that looks up in a directory hierarchy for a given filename";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.roman ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 91ed39af2047..335f878b23c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -38716,6 +38716,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   tuner = callPackage ../applications/audio/tuner { };
 
+  locate-dominating-file = callPackage ../tools/misc/locate-dominating-file { };
+
   jfrog-cli = callPackage ../tools/misc/jfrog-cli { };
 
   ov = callPackage ../tools/text/ov { };