diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/f2c/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/f2c/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f235296308fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/f2c/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "f2c";
+  version = "20200916";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.netlib.org/f2c/src.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0d8xfbv6dk4dz95qds7sd44b5hvara07f2g2c5g4xiwim9b7916l";
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [ "-f" "makefile.u" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/man/man1
+    install -m755 f2c $out/bin
+    install -m755 xsum $out/bin
+    install f2c.1t $out/share/man/man1
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Convert Fortran 77 source code to C";
+    homepage = "https://www.netlib.org/f2c/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.markuskowa ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6fb713cf098c..a03835000e6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14876,6 +14876,8 @@ in
       inherit fontconfig fontDirectories;
     };
 
+  f2c = callPackage ../development/tools/f2c { };
+
   freealut = callPackage ../development/libraries/freealut { };
 
   freeglut = callPackage ../development/libraries/freeglut { };