diff --git a/pkgs/servers/vinyl-cache/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/vinyl-cache/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..03aab5a100f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/vinyl-cache/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  buildPackages,
+  pcre2,
+  jemalloc,
+  libunwind,
+  libxslt,
+  groff,
+  ncurses,
+  pkg-config,
+  readline,
+  libedit,
+  coreutils,
+  python3,
+  makeWrapper,
+  nixosTests,
+}:
+
+let
+  generic =
+    {
+      version,
+      hash,
+    }:
+    stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+      pname = "vinyl-cache";
+      inherit version;
+
+      src = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://vinyl-cache.org/downloads/${finalAttrs.pname}-${version}.tgz";
+        inherit hash;
+      };
+
+      __structuredAttrs = true;
+      strictDeps = true;
+
+      nativeBuildInputs = [
+        pkg-config
+        python3.pkgs.docutils
+        python3.pkgs.sphinx
+        makeWrapper
+      ];
+
+      buildInputs = [
+        libxslt
+        groff
+        ncurses
+        readline
+        libedit
+        pcre2
+        python3
+      ]
+      ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin libunwind
+      ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux jemalloc;
+
+      configureFlags = [
+        # the checks behind those to not work when doing cross but for simplicity we always define them
+        "ac_cv_have_tcp_fastopen=yes"
+        "ac_cv_have_tcp_keep=yes"
+        "ac_cv_have_working_close_range=yes"
+        "PYTHON=${buildPackages.python3.interpreter}"
+      ];
+
+      buildFlags = [ "localstatedir=/var/run" ];
+
+      postPatch = ''
+        substituteInPlace bin/vinyltest/vtest2/src/vtc_main.c --replace-fail /bin/rm "${coreutils}/bin/rm"
+      '';
+
+      postConfigure = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
+        # prevent cache invalidation
+        substituteInPlace bin/vinyld/Makefile \
+          --replace-fail "vhp_hufdec.h: vhp_gen_hufdec" "vhp_hufdec.h:"
+
+        ln -s "${buildPackages.vinyl.vhp_hufdec_h}" bin/vinyld/vhp_hufdec.h
+
+        substituteInPlace bin/vinylstat/Makefile \
+          --replace-fail "vinylstat_curses_help.c: vinylstat_help_gen" "vinylstat_curses_help.c:" \
+          --replace-fail "./vinylstat_help_gen" "${buildPackages.vinyl}/bin/vinylstat_help_gen"
+
+        # the docs execute lots of commands to gather options and flags
+        substituteInPlace doc/Makefile \
+          --replace-fail "SUBDIRS = graphviz sphinx" "SUBDIRS = graphviz"
+        substituteInPlace Makefile \
+          --replace-fail "include lib bin vmod etc doc man contrib" "include lib bin vmod etc doc contrib"
+      '';
+
+      postInstall = ''
+        wrapProgram "$out/sbin/vinyld" --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ stdenv.cc ]}"
+      ''
+      + lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
+        cp bin/vinyld/vhp_hufdec.h $vhp_hufdec_h
+      '';
+
+      # https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/issues/1875
+      env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 "-fexcess-precision=standard";
+
+      outputs = [
+        "out"
+        "dev"
+      ]
+      ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) [
+        "man"
+        "vhp_hufdec_h" # only used for cross compilation
+      ];
+
+      passthru = {
+        python = python3;
+      };
+
+      meta = {
+        description = "Web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy";
+        homepage = "https://vinyl-cache.org";
+        license = lib.licenses.bsd2;
+        maintainers = [
+          lib.maintainers.leona
+          lib.maintainers.osnyx
+        ];
+        platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+        broken = stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
+      };
+    });
+in
+{
+  # EOL 2027-03-16
+  vinyl-cache_9 = generic {
+    version = "9.0.0";
+    hash = "sha256-l0DCEMKndifVD9CtbHWdw8oJT8tOZVW6VfynHPSDvRc=";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a5b07f5deb6..7acac5432b43 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3557,6 +3557,12 @@ with pkgs;
   varnishPackages = varnish80Packages;
   varnish = varnishPackages.varnish;
 
+  inherit (callPackages ../servers/vinyl-cache { })
+    vinyl-cache_9
+    ;
+
+  vinyl-cache = vinyl-cache_9;
+
   vncdo = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication vncdo;
 
   # An alias to work around the splicing incidents