diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/sil-abyssinica/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/sil-abyssinica/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c884b5567dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/sil-abyssinica/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ fetchzip, lib }:
+
+let
+  version = "1.500";
+in
+fetchzip {
+  name = "sil-abyssinica-${version}";
+  url = "mirror://debian/pool/main/f/fonts-sil-abyssinica/fonts-sil-abyssinica_${version}.orig.tar.xz";
+  sha256 = "sha256-fCa88wG2JfHTaHaBkuvoncbcbrh3XNzc8ewS3W+W/fM=";
+
+  postFetch = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts
+    tar xf $downloadedFile --strip-components=1 -C $out/share/fonts AbyssinicaSIL-${version}/AbyssinicaSIL-R.ttf
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Unicode font for Ethiopian and Erythrean scripts (Amharic et al.)";
+    homepage = "https://software.sil.org/abyssinica/";
+    license = licenses.ofl;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ serge ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d7cab40c45a..1640d97868d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24762,6 +24762,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   sierra-gtk-theme = callPackage ../data/themes/sierra { };
 
+  sil-abyssinica = callPackage ../data/fonts/sil-abyssinica { };
+
   sil-padauk = callPackage ../data/fonts/sil-padauk { };
 
   snap7 = callPackage ../development/libraries/snap7 {};