diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3f47cb8b0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/marathi-cursive/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, p7zip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "marathi-cursive-${version}";
+  version = "1.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/MihailJP/MarathiCursive/releases/download/${version}/MarathiCursive-${version}.7z";
+    sha256 = "0zhqkkfkz5mhfz8xv305s16h80p9v1iva829fznxd2c44ngyplmc";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ p7zip ];
+
+  unpackCmd = "7z x $curSrc";
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/fonts/marathi-cursive
+    cp -v *.otf *.ttf $out/share/fonts/marathi-cursive
+    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/${name}
+    cp -v README *.txt $out/share/doc/${name}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/MihailJP/marathi-cursive;
+    description = "Modi script font with Graphite and OpenType support";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ mathnerd314 ];
+    license = licenses.mit; # It's the M+ license, M+ is MIT(-ish)
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e66ae9e59b03..8af7fdd5a205 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10583,6 +10583,8 @@ let
   # lohit-fonts.kashmiri lohit-fonts.konkani lohit-fonts.maithili lohit-fonts.sindhi
   lohit-fonts = recurseIntoAttrs ( callPackages ../data/fonts/lohit-fonts { } );
 
+  marathi-cursive = callPackage ../data/fonts/marathi-cursive { };
+
   manpages = callPackage ../data/documentation/man-pages { };
 
   meslo-lg = callPackage ../data/fonts/meslo-lg {};