diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/log4j-detect/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/log4j-detect/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aaad1fb94efb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/log4j-detect/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, python3
+}:
+
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+  pname = "log4j-detect";
+  version = "unstable-2021-12-14";
+  format = "other";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "takito1812";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "2f5b7a598a6d0b4aee8111bb574ea72c6a1c76d6";
+    sha256 = "sha256-fFKW7uPBfrnze0UoPL3Mfwd4sFOuHYuDP7kv6VtdM3o=";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
+    requests
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i "1 i #!/usr/bin/python" ${pname}.py
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    install -vD ${pname}.py $out/bin/${pname}
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Tool to detect the log4j vulnerability";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/takito1812/log4j-detect";
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fab ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 507a1c73daed..007ea0ae89c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7463,6 +7463,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   localtime = callPackage ../tools/system/localtime { };
 
+  log4j-detect = callPackage ../tools/security/log4j-detect { };
+
   log4j-scan = callPackage ../tools/security/log4j-scan { };
 
   log4jcheck = callPackage ../tools/security/log4jcheck { };