diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7369713dc86a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/dnsdist/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, systemd
+, boost, libsodium, libedit, re2
+, net_snmp, lua, protobuf, openssl }: stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "dnsdist-${version}";
+  version = "1.3.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/dnsdist-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "025sgvpi3ps0n4mzfwkk6a5ang90a3c7s2fi9vni6jj0p16wsrxa";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ systemd boost libsodium libedit re2 net_snmp lua protobuf openssl ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-libsodium"
+    "--enable-re2"
+    "--enable-dnscrypt"
+    "--enable-dns-over-tls"
+    "--with-protobuf=yes"
+    "--with-net-snmp"
+    "--disable-dependency-tracking"
+    "--enable-unit-tests"
+    "--enable-systemd"
+  ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "DNS Loadbalancer";
+    homepage = "https://dnsdist.org";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c493337c161..fa0158b782a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13887,6 +13887,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   powerdns = callPackage ../servers/dns/powerdns { };
 
+  dnsdist = callPackage ../servers/dns/dnsdist { };
+
   pdns-recursor = callPackage ../servers/dns/pdns-recursor { };
 
   powertop = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/powertop { };