diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/default.nix
index 8c649b81209f..00d1f232a418 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/default.nix
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ let
       visualizer = callPackage ./visualizer.nix { };
       vr-reversal = callPackage ./vr-reversal.nix { };
       webtorrent-mpv-hook = callPackage ./webtorrent-mpv-hook.nix { };
+      youtube-chat = callPackage ./youtube-chat.nix { };
       youtube-upnext = callPackage ./youtube-upnext.nix { };
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/youtube-chat.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/youtube-chat.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d621b92989da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mpv/scripts/youtube-chat.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildLua,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  yt-dlp,
+}:
+
+buildLua {
+  pname = "youtube-chat";
+  version = "unstable-2024-06-08";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "BanchouBoo";
+    repo = "mpv-youtube-chat";
+    rev = "4b8d6d5d3ace40d467bc0ed75f3af2a1aefce161";
+    hash = "sha256-uZC7iDYqLUuXnqSLke4j6rLoufc/vFTE6Ehnpu//dxY=";
+  };
+
+  scriptPath = "youtube-chat";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -D -t $out/share/mpv/scripts/youtube-chat main.lua
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.extraWrapperArgs = [
+    "--prefix"
+    "PATH"
+    ":"
+    (lib.makeBinPath [ yt-dlp ])
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "MPV script to overlay youtube chat on top of a video using yt-dlp";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/BanchouBoo/mpv-youtube-chat";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = yt-dlp.meta.platforms;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fliegendewurst ];
+  };
+}