diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/1-find-packages.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/1-find-packages.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2cab123bc9ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/1-find-packages.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index dc281211..c36b9bcb 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ advanced_option(
+     "Build using system unordered dense"
+     OFF
+ )
++advanced_option(SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_TOOLS "Build using system SPIR-V tools library" OFF)
++advanced_option(SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_GLSLANG "Build using system glslang library" OFF)
+ 
+ option(
+     SLANG_SPIRV_HEADERS_INCLUDE_DIR
+@@ -289,6 +291,34 @@ if(${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_UNORDERED_DENSE})
+     find_package(unordered_dense CONFIG QUIET)
+ endif()
+ 
++if(${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_MINIZ})
++    find_package(miniz REQUIRED)
++    add_library(miniz ALIAS miniz::miniz)
++endif()
++
++if(${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_LZ4})
++    find_package(lz4 REQUIRED)
++    add_library(lz4_static ALIAS LZ4::lz4)
++endif()
++
++if(${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_VULKAN_HEADERS})
++    find_package(VulkanHeaders REQUIRED)
++endif()
++
++if(${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_HEADERS})
++    find_package(SPIRV-Headers REQUIRED)
++    add_library(SPIRV-Headers ALIAS SPIRV-Headers::SPIRV-Headers)
++endif()
++
++if(${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_TOOLS})
++    find_package(SPIRV-Tools REQUIRED)
++endif()
++
++if(${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_GLSLANG})
++    find_package(glslang REQUIRED)
++    add_library(glslang ALIAS glslang::glslang)
++endif()
++
+ add_subdirectory(external)
+ 
+ # webgpu_dawn is only available as a fetched shared library, since Dawn's nested source
+diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
+index 43105a5f..8b9c0f14 100644
+--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -73,19 +73,24 @@ if(NOT ${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_HEADERS})
+ endif()
+ 
+ if(SLANG_ENABLE_SLANG_GLSLANG)
++if(NOT ${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_TOOLS})
+     # SPIRV-Tools
+     set(SPIRV_TOOLS_BUILD_STATIC ON)
+     set(SPIRV_WERROR OFF)
+     set(SPIRV_HEADER_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/spirv-headers/")
+     set(SPIRV_SKIP_TESTS ON)
+     add_subdirectory(spirv-tools EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${system})
++endif()
+ 
++if(NOT ${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_GLSLANG})
+     # glslang
+     set(SKIP_GLSLANG_INSTALL ON)
+     set(ENABLE_OPT ON)
+     set(ENABLE_PCH OFF)
++    set(ALLOW_EXTERNAL_SPIRV_TOOLS ${SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_TOOLS})
+     add_subdirectory(glslang EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${system})
+ endif()
++endif()
+ 
+ # imgui
+ add_library(imgui INTERFACE)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/2-shared-llvm.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/2-shared-llvm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..587724e648722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/2-shared-llvm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/LLVM.cmake b/cmake/LLVM.cmake
+index 3c7c1b54..7f66d6bd 100644
+--- a/cmake/LLVM.cmake
++++ b/cmake/LLVM.cmake
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function(llvm_target_from_components target_name)
+         ${components}
+     )
+     add_library(${target_name} INTERFACE)
+-    target_link_libraries(${target_name} INTERFACE ${llvm_libs})
++    target_link_libraries(${target_name} INTERFACE LLVM)
+     target_include_directories(
+         ${target_name}
+         SYSTEM
+@@ -66,12 +66,7 @@ function(fetch_or_build_slang_llvm)
+         llvm_target_from_components(llvm-dep filecheck native orcjit)
+         clang_target_from_libs(
+             clang-dep
+-            clangBasic
+-            clangCodeGen
+-            clangDriver
+-            clangLex
+-            clangFrontend
+-            clangFrontendTool
++            clang-cpp
+         )
+         slang_add_target(
+             source/slang-llvm
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/3-glslang-15.patch b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/3-glslang-15.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..602cabc0c5d6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/3-glslang-15.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff --git a/source/slang-glslang/slang-glslang.cpp b/source/slang-glslang/slang-glslang.cpp
+index 4abcada6..0f63a64e 100644
+--- a/source/slang-glslang/slang-glslang.cpp
++++ b/source/slang-glslang/slang-glslang.cpp
+@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+ // slang-glslang.cpp
+ #include "slang-glslang.h"
+ 
+-#include "SPIRV/GlslangToSpv.h"
+-#include "glslang/MachineIndependent/localintermediate.h"
++#include "glslang/SPIRV/GlslangToSpv.h"
+ #include "glslang/Public/ShaderLang.h"
+ #include "slang.h"
+ #include "spirv-tools/libspirv.h"
+@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@
+ #include <memory>
+ #include <mutex>
+ #include <sstream>
++#include <cassert>
+ 
+ // This is a wrapper to allow us to run the `glslang` compiler
+ // in a controlled fashion.
+@@ -718,6 +718,11 @@ static int glslang_compileGLSLToSPIRV(glslang_CompileRequest_1_2 request)
+             return 1;
+         }
+ 
++        if (debugLevel == SLANG_DEBUG_INFO_LEVEL_MAXIMAL)
++        {
++            shader->addSourceText(sourceText, sourceTextLength);
++        }
++
+         if (request.entryPointName && strlen(request.entryPointName))
+             shader->setEntryPoint(request.entryPointName);
+ 
+@@ -741,10 +746,6 @@ static int glslang_compileGLSLToSPIRV(glslang_CompileRequest_1_2 request)
+         auto stageIntermediate = program->getIntermediate((EShLanguage)stage);
+         if (!stageIntermediate)
+             continue;
+-        if (debugLevel == SLANG_DEBUG_INFO_LEVEL_MAXIMAL)
+-        {
+-            stageIntermediate->addSourceText(sourceText, sourceTextLength);
+-        }
+ 
+         std::vector<unsigned int> spirv;
+         spv::SpvBuildLogger logger;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9c75023117772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sh/shader-slang/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cmake,
+  ninja,
+  python3,
+  miniz,
+  lz4,
+  libxml2,
+  libX11,
+  spirv-headers,
+  glslang,
+  llvmPackages_13,
+  versionCheckHook,
+  gitUpdater,
+
+  # Required for compiling to SPIR-V or GLSL
+  withGlslang ? true,
+  # Can be used for compiling shaders to CPU targets, see:
+  # https://github.com/shader-slang/slang/blob/master/docs/cpu-target.md
+  # If `withLLVM` is disabled, Slang will fall back to the C++ compiler found
+  # in the environment, if one exists.
+  withLLVM ? false,
+  # Dynamically link against libllvm and libclang++ (upstream defaults to static)
+  withSharedLLVM ? withLLVM,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "shader-slang";
+  version = "2025.2";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "shader-slang";
+    repo = "slang";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-H/ePYu6o926M22zussW1f15iYRJCq29TeNJzBD0eAao=";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  patches =
+    [
+      # Slang's build definitions do not support using system provided cmake packages
+      # for its dependencies.
+      # While it does come with "SLANG_USE_SYSTEM_XYZ" flags, these expect Slang to be
+      # imported into some other CMake build that already provides the necessary target.
+      # This patch adds the required `find_package` calls and sets up target aliases where needed.
+      ./1-find-packages.patch
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withSharedLLVM [
+      # Upstream statically links libllvm and libclang++, resulting in a ~5x increase in binary size.
+      ./2-shared-llvm.patch
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withGlslang [
+      # Upstream depends on glslang 13 and there are minor breaking changes in glslang 15, the version
+      # we ship in nixpkgs.
+      ./3-glslang-15.patch
+    ];
+
+  outputs = [
+    "out"
+    "dev"
+    "doc"
+  ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    ninja
+    python3
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      miniz
+      lz4
+      libxml2
+      spirv-headers
+    ]
+    ++ (lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
+      libX11
+    ])
+    ++ (lib.optionals withLLVM [
+      # Slang only supports LLVM 13:
+      # https://github.com/shader-slang/slang/blob/master/docs/building.md#llvm-support
+      llvmPackages_13.llvm
+      llvmPackages_13.libclang
+    ])
+    ++ (lib.optionals withGlslang [
+      # SPIRV-tools is included in glslang.
+      glslang
+    ]);
+
+  separateDebugInfo = true;
+
+  # Required for spaces in cmakeFlags, see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/114044
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  preConfigure =
+    lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
+      # required to handle LTO objects
+      export AR="${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}gcc-ar"
+      export NM="${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}gcc-nm"
+      export RANLIB="${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}gcc-ranlib"
+    ''
+    + ''
+      # cmake setup hook only sets CMAKE_AR and CMAKE_RANLIB, but not these
+      prependToVar cmakeFlags "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_AR=$(command -v $AR)"
+      prependToVar cmakeFlags "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_RANLIB=$(command -v $RANLIB)"
+    '';
+
+  cmakeFlags =
+    [
+      "-GNinja Multi-Config"
+      # The cmake setup hook only specifies `-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release`,
+      # which does nothing for "Ninja Multi-Config".
+      "-DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES=RelWithDebInfo"
+      # Handled by separateDebugInfo so we don't need special installation handling
+      "-DSLANG_ENABLE_SPLIT_DEBUG_INFO=OFF"
+      "-DSLANG_VERSION_FULL=v${finalAttrs.version}-nixpkgs"
+      # slang-rhi tries to download WebGPU dawn binaries, and as stated on
+      # https://github.com/shader-slang/slang-rhi is "under active refactoring
+      # and development, and is not yet ready for general use."
+      "-DSLANG_ENABLE_SLANG_RHI=OFF"
+      "-DSLANG_USE_SYSTEM_MINIZ=ON"
+      "-DSLANG_USE_SYSTEM_LZ4=ON"
+      "-DSLANG_SPIRV_HEADERS_INCLUDE_DIR=${spirv-headers}/include"
+      "-DSLANG_SLANG_LLVM_FLAVOR=${if withLLVM then "USE_SYSTEM_LLVM" else "DISABLE"}"
+    ]
+    # Currently depends on unreleased op type `SpvOpTypeNodePayloadArrayAMDX`,
+    # which will be included in next release >1.3.296
+    ++ lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast spirv-headers.version "1.3.297.0") "-DSLANG_USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_HEADERS=ON"
+    ++ (lib.optionals withGlslang [
+      "-DSLANG_USE_SYSTEM_SPIRV_TOOLS=ON"
+      "-DSLANG_USE_SYSTEM_GLSLANG=ON"
+    ])
+    ++ lib.optional (!withGlslang) "-DSLANG_ENABLE_SLANG_GLSLANG=OFF";
+
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+  versionCheckProgram = "${placeholder "out"}/bin/slangc";
+  versionCheckProgramArg = [ "-v" ];
+  doInstallCheck = true;
+
+  passthru.updateScript = gitUpdater {
+    rev-prefix = "v";
+    ignoredVersions = "*-draft";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A shading language that makes it easier to build and maintain large shader codebases in a modular and extensible fashion";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/shader-slang/slang";
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20-llvm;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ niklaskorz ];
+    mainProgram = "slangc";
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+})