diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..7e0cd9e13610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd jikes-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cac79a4cad49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jikes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation {
+  name = "jikes-1.18";
+  system = stdenv.system;
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://www-126.ibm.com/pub/jikes/1.18/jikes-1.18.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "74bbcfd31aa2d7df4b86c5fe2db315cc";
+  };
+  stdenv = stdenv;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index b80050394ec8..03754f4fcdde 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@
     stdenv = stdenv;
   };
 
+  jikes = (import ../development/compilers/jikes) {
+    fetchurl = fetchurl;
+    stdenv = stdenv;
+  };
+
   pcre = (import ../development/libraries/pcre) {
     fetchurl = fetchurl;
     stdenv = stdenv;