diff --git a/pkgs/applications/system/booster/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/system/booster/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dda41f24531b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/system/booster/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ bash
+, binutils
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, kbd
+, lib
+, libfido2
+, lvm2
+, lz4
+, makeWrapper
+, mdadm
+, unixtools
+, xz
+, zfs
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "booster";
+  version = "0.9";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "anatol";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = version;
+    hash = "sha256-kalVFVBb+ngoUpm+iiIHGS6vBVLEvTVyKuSMSMbp7Qc=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-GD+nsT4/Y2mTF+ztOC3N560BY5+QSfsPrXZ+dJYtzAw=";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace init/main.go --replace "/usr/bin/fsck" "${unixtools.fsck}/bin/fsck"
+  '';
+
+  # integration tests are run against the current kernel
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    kbd
+    lz4
+    makeWrapper
+    xz
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = let
+    runtimeInputs = [ bash binutils kbd libfido2 lvm2 mdadm zfs ];
+  in ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/generator --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath runtimeInputs}
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/init --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath runtimeInputs}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Fast and secure initramfs generator ";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/anatol/booster";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ urandom ];
+    mainProgram = "init";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 29973ea019f5..33f5d144afc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27776,6 +27776,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   bonzomatic = callPackage ../applications/editors/bonzomatic { };
 
+  booster = callPackage ../applications/system/booster {};
+
   bottles = callPackage ../applications/misc/bottles/fhsenv.nix { };
 
   bottles-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/misc/bottles { };