diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/.gitignore b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2658d7d1b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules/
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/README.rst b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/README.rst
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index 000000000000..635d4b46d811
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+========================================================================
+purescm
+========================================================================
+
+
+Suggested additional ``buildInputs``
+====================================
+
+``chez-racket``
+   Upstream is using the Racket fork of Chez Scheme to execute the
+   generated Scheme output.
+
+
+To update this package
+======================
+
+#. Bump the ``./package.json`` version pin
+#. Run ``nix-shell -p nodejs --command "npm i --package-lock-only"``
+#. Update ``npmDeps.hash`` in the ``package.nix``
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/package-lock.json b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..979e42ae62fd
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "purescm",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "purescm": "1.8.2"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/purescm": {
+      "version": "1.8.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/purescm/-/purescm-1.8.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-r+iaiRagOO2rHxGIke391l+pMlpE85vOVpQA32pdftJTdKeUVGIYy0UAs1nOkQSNxdHMXsNIkrskAwOSiyX3PA==",
+      "bin": {
+        "purescm": "index.js"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/package.json b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96b51c2d5e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "purescm": "1.8.2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/package.nix
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index 000000000000..c03f1339d18a
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+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pu/purescm/package.nix
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+{ lib
+, buildNpmPackage
+, fetchNpmDeps
+, testers
+}:
+
+let
+  inherit (lib) fileset;
+
+  packageLock = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./package-lock.json);
+
+  pname = "purescm";
+  version = packageLock.packages."node_modules/${pname}".version;
+
+  package = buildNpmPackage {
+    inherit pname version;
+
+    src = ./.;
+    dontNpmBuild = true;
+
+    npmDeps = fetchNpmDeps {
+      src = ./.;
+      hash = "sha256-ljeFcLvIET77Q0OR6O5Ok1fGnaxaKaoywpcy2aHq/6o=";
+    };
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/share/${pname}
+      cp -r node_modules/ $out/share/${pname}
+      ln -s $out/share/${pname}/node_modules/.bin $out/bin
+    '';
+
+    passthru.tests = {
+      version = testers.testVersion { inherit package; };
+    };
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "Chez Scheme back-end for PureScript";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/purescm/purescm";
+      license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ toastal ];
+      mainProgram = "purescm";
+    };
+  };
+in
+package