diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index e497b7f02edd6..921a34671df07 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -2627,6 +2627,12 @@
     github = "brianmcgee";
     githubId = 1173648;
   };
+  brianmcgillion = {
+    name = "Brian McGillion";
+    email = "bmg.avoin@gmail.com";
+    github = "brianmcgillion";
+    githubId = 1044263;
+  };
   brodes = {
     email = "me@brod.es";
     github = "brhoades";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-footnote/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-footnote/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d69c7e4fdd864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-footnote/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, rustPlatform
+, CoreServices
+}:
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "mdbook-footnote";
+  version = "0.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "daviddrysdale";
+    repo = "mdbook-footnote";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-WUMgm1hwsU9BeheLfb8Di0AfvVQ6j92kXxH2SyG3ses=";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-Ig+uVCO5oHIkkvFsKiBiUFzjUgH/Pydn4MVJHb2wKGc=";
+
+  buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A preprocessor for mdbook to support the inclusion of automatically numbered footnotes";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/daviddrysdale/mdbook-footnote";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ brianmcgillion ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a4e6728c3011..ccf91d185e64d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10174,6 +10174,10 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
   };
 
+  mdbook-footnote = callPackage ../tools/text/mdbook-footnote {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
+  };
+
   mdcat = callPackage ../tools/text/mdcat {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security SystemConfiguration;
     inherit (python3Packages) ansi2html;