diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/literate-programming/Literate/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/literate-programming/Literate/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28ef14a80cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/literate-programming/Literate/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, dmd, dub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "Literate";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/zyedidia/Literate.git";
+    rev = "23928d64bb19b5101dbcc794da6119beaf59f679";
+    sha256 = "094lramvacarzj8443ns18zyv7dxnivwi7kdk5xi5r2z4gx338iq";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [dmd dub];
+  preInstall = ''
+  # Gross, but the Makefile doesn't provide an install target
+  mkdir $out
+  cp -R bin $out/bin
+  '';
+  phases = "unpackPhase patchPhase buildPhase checkPhase preInstall fixupPhase";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f6ae62db18db..87fc89e4eae0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7019,6 +7019,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   kube-aws = callPackage ../development/tools/kube-aws { };
 
+  Literate = callPackage ../development/tools/literate-programming/Literate {};
+
   lcov = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/lcov { };
 
   leiningen = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/leiningen { };