diff --git a/pkgs/games/cbonsai/default.nix b/pkgs/games/cbonsai/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4702991c2907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/cbonsai/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitLab, ncurses, pkg-config, nix-update-script }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "1.0.0";
+  pname = "cbonsai";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "jallbrit";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1jc34j627pnyjgs8hjxqaa89j24gyf0rq9w61mkhgg0kria62as7";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
+  installFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { attrPath = pname; };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Grow bonsai trees in your terminal";
+    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/jallbrit/cbonsai";
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl3Only ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ manveru ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7cafb69f15f0..084b2489a5be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -26739,6 +26739,8 @@ in
 
   cataclysm-dda-git = cataclysmDDA.git.tiles;
 
+  cbonsai = callPackage ../games/cbonsai { };
+
   chessdb = callPackage ../games/chessdb { };
 
   chessx = libsForQt5.callPackage ../games/chessx { };