diff --git a/pkgs/games/kabeljau/default.nix b/pkgs/games/kabeljau/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4f77df3dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/kabeljau/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenvNoCC, lib, fetchFromGitea, bash, dialog, makeWrapper }:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "kabeljau";
+  version = "1.0.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitea {
+    domain = "codeberg.org";
+    owner = "papojari";
+    repo = "kabeljau";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-LOvr5fgSUTXnYhbVmynCCjo0W098jKWQnFULtIprE3M=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs --host ${pname}
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp ${pname}.sh $out/bin/${pname}
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/${pname} --suffix PATH : ${
+      lib.makeBinPath [ dialog ]
+    }
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Survive as a stray cat in an ncurses game";
+    homepage = "https://codeberg.org/papojari/kabeljau";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ papojari ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4001ae9146b..66dd68dc284 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2998,6 +2998,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   clipman = callPackage ../tools/wayland/clipman { };
 
+  kabeljau = callPackage ../games/kabeljau { };
+
   kanshi = callPackage ../tools/wayland/kanshi { };
 
   oguri = callPackage  ../tools/wayland/oguri { };