diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/signaldctl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/signaldctl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb241bac8fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/signaldctl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ lib
+, buildGoModule
+, fetchFromGitLab
+, gitUpdater
+}:
+
+buildGoModule rec {
+  pname = "signaldctl";
+  version = "0.6.1";
+  src = fetchFromGitLab {
+    owner = "signald";
+    repo = "signald-go";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-lMJyr4BPZ8V2f//CUkr7CVQ6o8nRyeLBHMDEyLcHSgQ=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-LGIWAVhDJCg6Ox7U4ZK15K8trjsvSZm4/0jNpIDmG7I=";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    # install only the binary and not any intermediate artifacts like
+    # `generators` which is only used during build
+    cp "$GOPATH/bin/signaldctl" $out/bin
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    rev-prefix = "v";
+  };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A golang library for communicating with signald";
+    homepage = "https://signald.org/signaldctl/";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ colinsane ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 176c25bdd3bd..aac0f6d9d3c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11712,6 +11712,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   signald = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/signald { };
 
+  signaldctl = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/signaldctl { };
+
   signal-cli = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/signal-cli { };
 
   inherit (callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/signal-desktop {}) signal-desktop signal-desktop-beta;