diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gr/grpc-health-check/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gr/grpc-health-check/package.nix
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+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, rustPlatform
+, protobuf
+, lib
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  pname = "grpc-health-check";
+  version = "unstable-2022-08-19";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "paypizza";
+    repo = "grpc-health-check";
+    rev = "f61bb5e10beadc5ed53144cc540d66e19fc510bd";
+    hash = "sha256-nKut9c1HHIacdRcmvlXe0GrtkgCWN6sxJ4ImO0CIDdo=";
+  };
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-lz+815iE+oXBQ3PfqBO0QBpZY6x1SNR7OU7BjkRszzI=";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ protobuf ];
+  # tests fail
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Minimal, high performance, memory-friendly, safe implementation of the gRPC health checking protocol";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/paypizza/grpc-health-check";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ flokli ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+}