diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/gohufont/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/gohufont/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..450971524e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/gohufont/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, mkfontdir, mkfontscale }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "gohufont-2.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://font.gohu.org/gohufont-2.0.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0vi87fvj3m52piz2k6vqday03cah6zvz3dzrvjch3qjna1i1nb7s";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ mkfontdir mkfontscale ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    fontDir="$out/share/fonts/misc"
+    mkdir -p "$fontDir"
+    mv *.pcf.gz "$fontDir"
+    cd "$fontDir"
+    mkfontdir
+    mkfontscale
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A monospace bitmap font well suited for programming and terminal use";
+    homepage = http://font.gohu.org/;
+    license = licenses.wtfpl;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ epitrochoid ];
+    platforms = with platforms; linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e9d675f5e8ef..23413feea812 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10493,6 +10493,8 @@ let
 
   geolite-legacy = callPackage ../data/misc/geolite-legacy { };
 
+  gohufont = callPackage ../data/fonts/gohufont { };
+
   gnome_user_docs = callPackage ../data/documentation/gnome-user-docs { };
 
   inherit (gnome3) gsettings_desktop_schemas;