diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/apt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/apt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de1c24050761
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/apt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchzip, pkgconfig, cmake, perl, curl, gtest, lzma, bzip2 , lz4
+, db, dpkg, libxslt, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45
+
+# used when WITH_DOC=ON
+, w3m
+, Po4a
+, doxygen
+
+# used when WITH_NLS=ON
+, gettext
+
+# opts
+, withDocs ? true
+, withNLS ? true
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "apt-${version}";
+
+  version = "1.4.6";
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/apt_${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0ahwhmscrmnpvl1r732wg93dzkhv8c1sph2yrqgsrhr73c1616ix";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig cmake perl curl gtest lzma bzip2 lz4 db dpkg libxslt.bin
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withDocs [
+    doxygen Po4a w3m
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withNLS [
+    gettext
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export PERL5LIB="$PERL5LIB''${PERL5LIB:+:}${Po4a}/lib/perl5";
+
+    cmakeFlagsArray+=(
+      -DBERKELEY_DB_INCLUDE_DIRS="${db}"/include
+      -DDOCBOOK_XSL="${docbook_xsl}"/share/xml/docbook-xsl
+      -DROOT_GROUP=root
+      -DWITH_DOC=${if withDocs then "ON" else "OFF"}
+      -DUSE_NLS=${if withNLS then "ON" else "OFF"}
+    )
+
+    for f in doc/*; do
+      if [[ -f "$f" ]]; then
+        substituteInPlace "$f" \
+          --replace \
+            "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" \
+            "${docbook_xml_dtd_45}/xml/dtd/docbook/docbookx.dtd"
+      fi
+    done
+  '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "";
+    homepage = "https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ cstrahan ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ff58787a2865..e10d81430345 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -523,6 +523,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   apg = callPackage ../tools/security/apg { };
 
+  apt = callPackage ../tools/package-management/apt {
+    inherit (perlPackages) Po4a;
+  };
+
   autorevision = callPackage ../tools/misc/autorevision { };
 
   bcachefs-tools = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/bcachefs-tools { };