diff --git a/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lightwalletd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lightwalletd/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c95dde0f15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/blockchains/lightwalletd/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "lightwalletd";
+  version = "0.4.7";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "zcash";
+    repo  = "lightwalletd";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0dwam3fhc4caga7kjg6cc06sz47g4ii7n3sa4j2ac4aiy21hsbjk";
+  };
+
+  vendorSha256 = null;
+
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s" "-w"
+    "-X github.com/zcash/lightwalletd/common.Version=v${version}"
+    "-X github.com/zcash/lightwalletd/common.GitCommit=v${version}"
+    "-X github.com/zcash/lightwalletd/common.BuildDate=1970-01-01"
+    "-X github.com/zcash/lightwalletd/common.BuildUser=nixbld"
+  ];
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    shopt -s extglob
+    cd $out/bin
+    rm !(lightwalletd)
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A backend service that provides a bandwidth-efficient interface to the Zcash blockchain";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/zcash/lightwalletd";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ centromere ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 669fda09f8b6..ed588eb90b7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -28403,6 +28403,8 @@ in
 
   zcash = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/zcash { stdenv = llvmPackages_11.stdenv; };
 
+  lightwalletd = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/lightwalletd { };
+
   openethereum = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/openethereum { };
 
   parity-ui = callPackage ../applications/blockchains/parity-ui { };