diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/avalanchego/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/avalanchego/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1b3a5781972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/avalanchego/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ IOKit
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, lib
+, stdenv
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "avalanchego";
+  version = "1.9.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ava-labs";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-7WiIw2k0ZNm6jFHIiJlKuWFdEhb11qGVot1B50Za/GY=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-2ezrasgGkMqr+dUF+TfsM5cevLGAFMyq9FlMxzKola8=";
+  # go mod vendor has a bug, see: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/57529
+  proxyVendor = true;
+
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ IOKit ];
+
+  subPackages = [ "main" ];
+
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/version.GitCommit=${version}"
+  ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mv $out/bin/{main,${pname}}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Go implementation of an Avalanche node";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v${version}";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ urandom ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e921bd726d9a..2009afdbf779 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27849,6 +27849,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   av-98 = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/av-98 { };
 
+  avalanchego = callPackage ../applications/networking/avalanchego {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) IOKit;
+  };
+
   avizo = callPackage ../applications/misc/avizo { };
 
   avocode = callPackage ../applications/graphics/avocode {};