diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ce49a4cbb9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ buildGoPackage
+, lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+}:
+
+buildGoPackage rec {
+  name = "errcheck-${version}";
+  version = "1.1.0";
+
+  goPackagePath = "github.com/kisielk/errcheck";
+  excludedPackages = "\\(testdata\\)";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "kisielk";
+    repo = "errcheck";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "19vd4rxmqbk5lpiav3pf7df3yjlz0l0dwx9mn0gjq5f998iyhy6y";
+  };
+
+  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "errcheck is a program for checking for unchecked errors in go programs.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/kisielk/errcheck;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux ++ platforms.darwin;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/deps.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/deps.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8470c9e12aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/errcheck/deps.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "github.com/kisielk/gotool";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://github.com/kisielk/gotool";
+      rev = "80517062f582ea3340cd4baf70e86d539ae7d84d";
+      sha256 = "14af2pa0ssyp8bp2mvdw184s5wcysk6akil3wzxmr05wwy951iwn";
+    };
+  }
+  {
+    goPackagePath = "golang.org/x/tools";
+    fetch = {
+      type = "git";
+      url = "https://go.googlesource.com/tools";
+      rev = "3a10b9bf0a52df7e992a8c3eb712a86d3c896c75";
+      sha256 = "19f3dijcc54jnd7458jab2dgpd0gzccmv2qympd9wi8cc8jpnhws";
+    };
+  }
+]
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9ee9fc5ccd29..deea7f6b57c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1313,6 +1313,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   envsubst = callPackage ../tools/misc/envsubst { };
 
+  errcheck = callPackage ../development/tools/errcheck { };
+
   eschalot = callPackage ../tools/security/eschalot { };
 
   esptool = callPackage ../tools/misc/esptool { };