diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/kona/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/kona/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e433e11033f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/kona/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , fetchgit
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    ["fetchgit"];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+in
+rec {
+  srcDrv = a.fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/kevinlawler/kona.git";
+    inherit rev;
+    sha256 = "165ff5f3d1b510a1ad73ec465b4ed1b8ef44d7affa94f952781fea212c72d891";
+  };
+
+  src = "${srcDrv}/";
+
+  rev = "fddc2688ef515a653fb6";
+  version = "git-${rev}";
+  name = "kona-${version}";
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["prepareOut" "doMakeInstall"];
+  makeFlags = ["PREFIX=\$out"];
+
+  prepareOut = a.fullDepEntry ''
+    ensureDir "$out/bin"
+  '' ["minInit" "defEnsureDir"];
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "An interpreter of K, APL-like programming language";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+    license = "free-noncopyleft";
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "https://github.com/kevinlawler/kona";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 326f6cea878f..44a593bc2e61 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2330,6 +2330,8 @@ let
 
   kaffe = callPackage ../development/interpreters/kaffe { };
 
+  kona = callPackage ../development/interpreters/kona {};
+
   lua4 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-4 { };
 
   lua5 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/lua-5 { };