diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/flips/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/flips/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76676624fc32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/flips/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gtk3, libdivsufsort, pkg-config, wrapGAppsHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "flips";
+  version = "unstable-2020-10-02";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Alcaro";
+    repo = "Flips";
+    rev = "5a3d2012b8ea53ae777c24b8ac4edb9a6bdb9761";
+    sha256 = "1ksh9j1n5z8b78yd7gjxswndsqnb1azp84xk4rc0p7zq127l0fyy";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config wrapGAppsHook ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 libdivsufsort ];
+  patches = [ ./use-system-libdivsufsort.patch ];
+  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=${placeholder "out"}" ];
+  buildPhase = "./make.sh";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A patcher for IPS and BPS files";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Alcaro/Flips";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.xfix ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/flips/use-system-libdivsufsort.patch b/pkgs/tools/compression/flips/use-system-libdivsufsort.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa741decb019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/flips/use-system-libdivsufsort.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index c9d8b6d..9d66b0b 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ endif
+ MOREFLAGS := $(CFLAGS_$(TARGET))
+ 
+ 
+-DIVSUF := libdivsufsort-2.0.1
+-SOURCES += $(DIVSUF)/lib/divsufsort.c $(DIVSUF)/lib/sssort.c $(DIVSUF)/lib/trsort.c
+-MOREFLAGS += -I$(DIVSUF)/include -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS
++MOREFLAGS += -ldivsufsort
+ 
+ ifeq ($(TARGET),gtk)
+   CFLAGS_G += -fopenmp
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60f13ff9ec37..f39d565d2325 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3742,6 +3742,8 @@ in
 
   flamegraph = callPackage ../development/tools/flamegraph { };
 
+  flips = callPackage ../tools/compression/flips { };
+
   flvtool2 = callPackage ../tools/video/flvtool2 { };
 
   fmbt = callPackage ../development/tools/fmbt {