diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/reason-shell/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/reason-shell/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa1544669ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/reason-shell/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pkg-config
+, openssl
+, stdenv
+, darwin
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "reason";
+  version = "0.3.10";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jaywonchung";
+    repo = "reason";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-oytRquZJgb1sfpZil1bSGwIIvm+5N4mkVmIMzWyzDco=";
+  };
+
+  cargoHash = "sha256-4AEuFSM2dY6UjjIFRU8ipkRMoEb2LjnOr3H6rZrLokE=";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    openssl
+  ] ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
+    darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks.CoreServices
+  ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A shell for research papers";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jaywonchung/reason";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/jaywonchung/reason/releases/tag/${src.rev}";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ figsoda ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fe6d1e576c65..0fe6b30aaf87 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12409,6 +12409,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   re-isearch = callPackage ../applications/search/re-isearch { };
 
+  reason-shell = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/reason-shell { };
+
   reaverwps = callPackage ../tools/networking/reaver-wps { };
 
   reaverwps-t6x = callPackage ../tools/networking/reaver-wps-t6x { };