diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/lzham/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/lzham/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cdc155474a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/lzham/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake } :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "lzham-1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "richgel999";
+    repo = "lzham_codec";
+    rev = "v1_0_release";
+    sha256 = "14c1zvzmp1ylp4pgayfdfk1kqjb23xj4f7ll1ra7b18wjxc9ja1v";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp ../bin_linux/lzhamtest $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Lossless data compression codec with LZMA-like ratios but 1.5x-8x faster decompression speed";
+    homepage = https://github.com/richgel999/lzham_codec;
+    license = with licenses; [ mit ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 793daf719529..a1e4bb13c809 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2778,6 +2778,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   lzfse = callPackage ../tools/compression/lzfse { };
 
+  lzham = callPackage ../tools/compression/lzham { };
+
   lzip = callPackage ../tools/compression/lzip { };
 
   lzma = xz;