diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 9d2865e1d..a97e110c7 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -239,6 +239,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-pgbackrest": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1761373498,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Q/uhWNvd7V7k1H1ZPMy/vkx3F8C13ZcdrKjO7Jv7v0c=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "6a08e6bb4e46ff7fcbb53d409b253f6bad8a28ce",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable-small",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixpkgs_2": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1749411262,
@@ -312,6 +328,7 @@
         "nix2container": "nix2container",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4",
         "nixpkgs-go124": "nixpkgs-go124",
+        "nixpkgs-pgbackrest": "nixpkgs-pgbackrest",
         "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay",
         "treefmt-nix": "treefmt-nix_2"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index db14dac9a..e8d8f08e4 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     git-hooks.url = "github:cachix/git-hooks.nix";
     git-hooks.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     nixpkgs-go124.url = "github:Nixos/nixpkgs/d2ac4dfa61fba987a84a0a81555da57ae0b9a2b0";
+    nixpkgs-pgbackrest.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable-small";
   };
 
   outputs =
diff --git a/nix/packages/default.nix b/nix/packages/default.nix
index f297c8359..b73002ac1 100644
--- a/nix/packages/default.nix
+++ b/nix/packages/default.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
           migrate-tool = pkgs.callPackage ./migrate-tool.nix { psql_15 = self'.packages."psql_15/bin"; };
           overlayfs-on-package = pkgs.callPackage ./overlayfs-on-package.nix { };
           packer = pkgs.callPackage ./packer.nix { inherit inputs; };
+          pg-backrest = inputs.nixpkgs-pgbackrest.legacyPackages.${pkgs.system}.pgbackrest;
           pg-restore = pkgs.callPackage ./pg-restore.nix { psql_15 = self'.packages."psql_15/bin"; };
           pg_prove = pkgs.perlPackages.TAPParserSourceHandlerpgTAP;
           pg_regress = makePgRegress activeVersion;
diff --git a/nix/packages/pgbackrest.nix b/nix/packages/pgbackrest.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ca8277a2..000000000
--- a/nix/packages/pgbackrest.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-{
-  bzip2,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  lib,
-  libbacktrace,
-  libpq,
-  libssh2,
-  libxml2,
-  libyaml,
-  lz4,
-  meson,
-  ninja,
-  pkg-config,
-  python3,
-  stdenv,
-  zlib,
-  zstd,
-  nixosTests,
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
-  pname = "pgbackrest";
-  version = "2.57.0";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "pgbackrest";
-    repo = "pgbackrest";
-    tag = "release/${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-d794519c0ecb4ec17f41c4267d07fe80ab6b3ac9cc1de5c7984887c5e6d7448a";
-  };
-
-  strictDeps = true;
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    meson
-    ninja
-    pkg-config
-    python3
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    bzip2
-    libbacktrace
-    libpq
-    libssh2
-    libxml2
-    libyaml
-    lz4
-    zlib
-    zstd
-  ];
-
-  passthru.tests = nixosTests.pgbackrest;
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Reliable PostgreSQL backup & restore";
-    homepage = "https://pgbackrest.org";
-    changelog = "https://github.com/pgbackrest/pgbackrest/releases/tag/release%2F${finalAttrs.version}";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    mainProgram = "pgbackrest";
-  };
-})