diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 9e7c3b76ae79..cadaf55846b6 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -10245,6 +10245,7 @@
     name = "Keshav Kini";
   };
   kintrix = {
+    email = "kintrix007@proton.me";
     github = "kintrix007";
     githubId = 60898798;
     name = "kintrix";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vl/vlc-bittorrent/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vl/vlc-bittorrent/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d87e30579c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vl/vlc-bittorrent/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ lib
+, autoconf-archive
+, autoreconfHook
+, boost
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, libtorrent-rasterbar
+, libvlc
+, openssl
+, pkg-config
+, stdenv
+}:
+
+# VLC does not know where the vlc-bittorrent package is installed.
+# make sure to have something like:
+#   environment.variables.VLC_PLUGIN_PATH = "${pkgs.vlc-bittorrent}";
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "vlc-bittorrent";
+  version = "2.15.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "johang";
+    repo = "vlc-bittorrent";
+    rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-7FHeQYHbMKZJ3yeHqxTTAUwghTje+gEX8gSEJzfG5sQ=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoconf-archive
+    autoreconfHook
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost
+    libtorrent-rasterbar
+    libvlc
+    openssl
+  ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  # It's a library, should not have a desktop file
+  postFixup = ''
+    rm -r $out/share/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A bittorrent plugin for VLC";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/johang/vlc-bittorrent";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.kintrix ];
+  };
+})