diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.10.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.10.nix
index 7b5b65722b51..c21a51afa5b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.10.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 , coreutils
 }@args:
 
-import ./generic.nix args "sha256-69QIkkKzApOGfrBdgtmxFMDytRkSh+0YiaJQPbXsBeo=" {
+import ./generic.nix args {
   version = "0.10.1";
 
+  hash = "sha256-69QIkkKzApOGfrBdgtmxFMDytRkSh+0YiaJQPbXsBeo=";
+
   outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.11.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.11.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c4fcedc0538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.11.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, llvmPackages
+, libxml2
+, zlib
+, coreutils
+}@args:
+
+import ./generic.nix args {
+  version = "0.11.0";
+
+  hash = "sha256-iuU1fzkbJxI+0N1PiLQM013Pd1bzrgqkbIyTxo5gB2I=";
+
+  outputs = [ "out" "doc" ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    # file RPATH_CHANGE could not write new RPATH
+    "-DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=ON"
+
+    # always link against static build of LLVM
+    "-DZIG_STATIC_LLVM=ON"
+
+    # ensure determinism in the compiler build
+    "-DZIG_TARGET_MCPU=baseline"
+  ];
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    stage3/bin/zig run ../tools/docgen.zig -- ../doc/langref.html.in langref.html --zig $PWD/stage3/bin/zig
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    install -Dm444 -t $doc/share/doc/zig-$version/html langref.html
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.9.1.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.9.1.nix
index 1580508ca610..a05d5ae893cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.9.1.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/0.9.1.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
 , coreutils
 }@args:
 
-import ./generic.nix args "sha256-x2c4c9RSrNWGqEngio4ArW7dJjW0gg+8nqBwPcR721k=" {
+import ./generic.nix args {
   version = "0.9.1";
 
+  hash = "sha256-x2c4c9RSrNWGqEngio4ArW7dJjW0gg+8nqBwPcR721k=";
+
   patches = [
     # Fix index out of bounds reading RPATH (cherry-picked from 0.10-dev)
     ./rpath.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/generic.nix
index b57942092a6c..5cc75cbbf6eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/generic.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , ...
 }:
 
-hash: args:
+args:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "zig";
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "ziglang";
     repo = "zig";
     rev = finalAttrs.version;
-    inherit hash;
+    inherit (args) hash;
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     llvm
   ]);
 
-  doInstallCheck = true;
+  env.ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR = "$TMPDIR/zig-cache";
 
   # Zig's build looks at /usr/bin/env to find dynamic linking info. This doesn't
   # work in Nix's sandbox. Use env from our coreutils instead.
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --replace "/usr/bin/env" "${coreutils}/bin/env"
   '';
 
-  preBuild = ''
-    export ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-  '';
-
+  doInstallCheck = true;
   installCheckPhase = ''
     runHook preInstallCheck
 
@@ -64,4 +61,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ aiotter andrewrk AndersonTorres figsoda ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
   };
-} // args)
+} // removeAttrs args [ "hash" ])
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a16d298a8615..72d67f1bad72 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25477,6 +25477,10 @@ with pkgs;
   zig_0_10 = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../development/compilers/zig/0.10.nix {
     llvmPackages = llvmPackages_15;
   };
+  # requires a newer Apple SDK
+  zig_0_11 = darwin.apple_sdk_11_0.callPackage ../development/compilers/zig/0.11.nix {
+    llvmPackages = llvmPackages_16;
+  };
   zig = zig_0_10;
 
   zigHook = callPackage ../development/compilers/zig/hook.nix { };