diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 4095237..7943f7c 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,30 @@
 
 with pkgs;
 
+let
+  # TODO: drop after https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/347304 got merged
+  go-licence-detector = buildGoModule rec {
+    pname = "go-licence-detector";
+    version = "0.7.0";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "elastic";
+      repo = "go-licence-detector";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      hash = "sha256-43MyzEF7BZ7pcgzDvXx9SjXGHaLozmWkGWUO/yf6K98=";
+    };
+
+    vendorHash = "sha256-7vIP5pGFH6CbW/cJp+DiRg2jFcLFEBl8dQzUw1ogTTA=";
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Detect licences in Go projects and generate documentation";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/elastic/go-licence-detector";
+      license = licenses.asl20;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
+    };
+  };
+in
+
 mkShell {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     go-licence-detector