diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/lokinet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/lokinet/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3e2c8e58831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/lokinet/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{ stdenv
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, libevent
+, libsodium
+, libuv
+, nlohmann_json
+, pkg-config
+, sqlite
+, systemd
+, unbound
+, zeromq
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "lokinet";
+  version = "0.9.9";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "oxen-io";
+    repo = "lokinet";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+    sha256 = "sha256-AaGsRg9S9Cng9emI/mN09QSOIRbE+x3916clWAwLnRs=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libevent
+    libuv
+    libsodium
+    nlohmann_json
+    sqlite
+    systemd
+    unbound
+    zeromq
+  ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DGIT_VERSION=v${version}"
+    "-DWITH_BOOTSTRAP=OFF" # we provide bootstrap files manually
+    "-DWITH_SETCAP=OFF"
+  ];
+
+  # copy bootstrap files
+  # see https://github.com/oxen-io/lokinet/issues/1765#issuecomment-938208774
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/testnet
+    cp $src/contrib/bootstrap/mainnet.signed $out/share/bootstrap.signed
+    cp $src/contrib/bootstrap/testnet.signed $out/share/testnet/bootstrap.signed
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Anonymous, decentralized and IP based overlay network for the internet";
+    homepage = "https://lokinet.org/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ wyndon ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6b396cf56189..6ff981e99b1a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28105,6 +28105,8 @@ with pkgs;
     portaudio = null;
   };
 
+  lokinet = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/lokinet { };
+
   losslesscut-bin = callPackage ../applications/video/losslesscut-bin { };
 
   loxodo = callPackage ../applications/misc/loxodo { };