diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bsdbuild/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bsdbuild/default.nix
index 0fd9f143ce9a..359ab125be99 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bsdbuild/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/bsdbuild/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libtool, pkgconfig, gettext, groff, ed }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, libtool, pkgconfig, gettext, mandoc, ed }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bsdbuild-${version}";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1zrdjh7a6z4khhfw9zrp490afq306cpl5v8wqz2z55ys7k1n5ifl";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ perl groff ed ];
+  buildInputs = [ perl mandoc ed ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig libtool gettext ];
 
   prePatch = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mandoc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mandoc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..297d6557f5e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mandoc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mandoc-${version}";
+  version = "1.13.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://mdocml.bsd.lv/snapshots/mdocml-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1vz0g5nvjbz1ckrg9cn6ivlnb13bcl1r6nc4yzb7300qvfnw2m8a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
+  configureLocal = ''
+    HAVE_WCHAR=1
+    MANPATH_DEFAULT="/run/current-system/sw/share/man"
+    OSNAME="NixOS"
+    PREFIX="$out"
+    HAVE_MANPATH=1
+    LD_OHASH="-lutil"
+    BUILD_DB=0
+  '';
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    echo $configureLocal > configure.local
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "http://mdocml.bsd.lv/";
+    description = "suite of tools compiling mdoc and man";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ramkromberg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 548f76f77b7b..130f4785a6e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2569,6 +2569,8 @@ in
 
   man-db = callPackage ../tools/misc/man-db { };
 
+  mandoc = callPackage ../tools/misc/mandoc { };
+
   mawk = callPackage ../tools/text/mawk { };
 
   mbox = callPackage ../tools/security/mbox { };