diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/blink1-tool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/blink1-tool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29b199e5866b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/blink1-tool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libusb1, pkgconfig, ... }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "blink1-${version}";
+  version = "v1.98";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/todbot/blink1/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "05hbnp20cdvyyqf6jr01waz1ycis20qzsd8hn27snmn6qd48igrb";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libusb1 pkgconfig ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    cd commandline
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    PREFIX=$out make install
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Command line client for the blink(1) notification light";
+    homepage = https://blink1.thingm.com/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.cc-by-sa-30;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.cransom ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fded25cd70f1..66a59febe6a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ in
     gnutls = gnutls33;
   };
 
+  blink1-tool = callPackage ../tools/misc/blink1-tool { };
+
   blitz = callPackage ../development/libraries/blitz { };
 
   blockdiag = pythonPackages.blockdiag;