diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/builder.sh
index a40692a55997..eb32410b352a 100755
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/builder.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ makeWrapper $out/eclipse/eclipse $out/bin/eclipse \
     --prefix PATH ":" "$jdk/bin" \
     --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ":" "$rpath"
 
-for i in $plugins; do
-    cp $i $out/eclipse/plugins
-done
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+ensureDir plugin-working-dir
+workingdir="$(pwd)/plugin-working-dir"
+for plugin in $plugins; do
+    if test -e $plugin/install; then
+      cd $workingdir
+      $plugin/install "$out/eclipse"
+      rm -rf $workingdir/*
+    else
+      # assume that it is a file
+      cp $plugin $out/eclipse/plugins
+    end
+done
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins/installers/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins/installers/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c00f1e2270c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins/installers/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+ensureDir $out
+cat >> $out/install <<EOF
+#! /bin/sh
+
+PLUGIN=$plugin
+UNZIP=$unzip/bin/unzip
+ECLIPSE=\$1
+
+\$UNZIP \$PLUGIN
+
+if test -e plugins; then
+  cp -prd * \$ECLIPSE
+else
+  cd *
+  cp -prd * \$ECLIPSE
+fi
+EOF
+
+chmod u+x $out/install
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins/installers/zip.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins/installers/zip.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8ccb12b1a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/plugins/installers/zip.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, unzip, plugin}:
+
+let {
+  body =
+    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "eclipse-zip-plugin-installer";
+      builder = ./builder.sh;
+      inherit plugin unzip;
+   };
+}
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diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 4a4f368e17b7..f88243722167 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -2111,7 +2111,7 @@ rec {
       inherit plugins;
     };
 
-  spoofax = (import ../applications/editors/eclipse/plugins/spoofax) {
+  spoofax = (import ../applications/editors/eclipse/plugins/sp) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };