diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 63ad2df8ab97..44e4b1111ed0 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -2031,6 +2031,12 @@
     githubId = 21687187;
     name = "Mirza Arnaut";
   };
+  asappia = {
+    email = "asappia@gmail.com";
+    github = "asappia";
+    githubId = 891399;
+    name = "Alessandro Sappia";
+  };
   asbachb = {
     email = "asbachb-nixpkgs-5c2a@impl.it";
     matrix = "@asbachb:matrix.org";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vw/vwifi/makefile.patch b/pkgs/by-name/vw/vwifi/makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d82129e8e5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vw/vwifi/makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 9430d7e..e46efd3 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
+ #
+ NAME	:=	vwifi
+ VERSION	:=	6.3
+-BINDIR	:=	$(DESTDIR)/usr/local/bin
+-MANDIR	:=	$(DESTDIR)/usr/local/man/man1
++PREFIX	?=	$(out)
++DESTDIR	?=	$(PREFIX)
++BINDIR	?=	$(PREFIX)/bin
++MANDIR	?=	$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
+ 
+ EXEC	:=	vwifi-server vwifi-client vwifi-ctrl vwifi-add-interfaces
+ #EXEC	:=	vwifi-server vwifi-client vwifi-ctrl vwifi-add-interfaces vwifi-inet-monitor
+@@ -23,10 +25,8 @@ MODE+= -O3 -s -Wall -Wextra -pedantic # //////////      RELEASE
+ 
+ EDITOR	?=	geany
+ 
+-NETLINK_FLAGS_PATH := /usr/include/libnl3
+-NETLINK_FLAGS := -I $(NETLINK_FLAGS_PATH)
+-NETLINK_LIBS_PATH := .
+-NETLINK_LIBS := -L $(NETLINK_LIBS_PATH) -lnl-genl-3 -lnl-3
++NETLINK_FLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags libnl-3.0 libnl-genl-3.0)
++NETLINK_LIBS := $(shell pkg-config --libs libnl-3.0 libnl-genl-3.0)
+ 
+ THREAD_LIBS := -lpthread
+ 
+@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@ gitversion: .git
+ 	@sed -i "s/^\(VERSION.[^\-]*\)\(-.*\)\?/\1-$(shell git log --pretty=format:"%h" -n 1)/g" Makefile
+ 
+ install : build
+-ifneq ($(EUID),0)
+-	@echo "Please run 'make install' as root user"
+-	@exit 1
+-endif
+ 	chmod +x $(EXEC)
+ 	# Install binaire :
+ 	mkdir -p $(BINDIR) && cp -p $(EXEC) $(BINDIR)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/vw/vwifi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/vw/vwifi/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21f40ff19916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/vw/vwifi/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  libnl,
+  pkg-config,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "vwifi";
+  version = "6.3-unstable-2025-02-04";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Raizo62";
+    repo = "vwifi";
+    rev = "18c320b1b92bea241ad801d05e0f2b4748478fd9";
+    hash = "sha256-rlwBO5/xyr8KjvacxYt7dBrV1noXhwBJaElGhmM/eWU=";
+  };
+
+  patches = [ ./makefile.patch ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libnl
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  installCheckPhase = ''
+    checksRan=0
+    for bin in $out/bin/vwifi-*; do
+      echo -n "$(basename -- "$bin"): "
+      $bin --version 2>&1 | grep -F "${lib.versions.majorMinor finalAttrs.version}"
+      checksRan=$((checksRan+1))
+    done
+    [ $checksRan -gt 0 ] || exit 1
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Simulate Wi-Fi (802.11) between Linux Virtual Machines";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Raizo62/vwifi";
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl3Only;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ asappia ];
+  };
+})