diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/coloursum/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/coloursum/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49db5e13d721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/coloursum/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "coloursum-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ticky";
+    repo = "coloursum";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "18ikwi0ihn0vadazrkh85jfz8a2f0dkfb3zns5jzh7p7mb0ylrr2";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0f73vqa82w4ccr0cc95mxga3r8jgd92jnksshxzaffbpx4s334p3";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Colourise your checksum output";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ticky/coloursum";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fgaz ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a1cfa099bcae..f74db430c963 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1367,6 +1367,8 @@ in
 
   colorls = callPackage ../tools/system/colorls { };
 
+  coloursum = callPackage ../tools/text/coloursum { };
+
   compsize = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/compsize { };
 
   coturn = callPackage ../servers/coturn { };