diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index fc05584e2565..9c413e36d568 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
       notbit = 111;
       ngircd = 112;
       btsync = 113;
+      minecraft = 114;
 
       # When adding a uid, make sure it doesn't match an existing gid.
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index e59b0ff5ac2c..652a99e7c5a6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
   ./services/databases/postgresql.nix
   ./services/databases/virtuoso.nix
   ./services/games/ghost-one.nix
+  ./services/games/minecraft-server.nix
   ./services/hardware/acpid.nix
   ./services/hardware/amd-hybrid-graphics.nix
   ./services/hardware/bluetooth.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/games/minecraft-server.nix b/nixos/modules/services/games/minecraft-server.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac70bc53473d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/games/minecraft-server.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with pkgs.lib;
+
+let
+  cfg = config.services.minecraft-server;
+in
+{
+  options = {
+    services.minecraft-server = {
+      enable = mkOption {
+        type = types.bool;
+        default = false;
+        description = ''
+          If enabled, start a Minecraft Server. The listening port for
+          the server is always <literal>25565</literal>. The server
+          data will be loaded from and saved to
+          <literal>/var/lib/minecraft</literal>.
+        '';
+      };
+
+      jvmOpts = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "-Xmx2048M -Xms2048M";
+        description = "JVM options for the Minecraft Service.";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    users.extraUsers.minecraft = {
+      description     = "Minecraft Server Service user";
+      home            = "/var/lib/minecraft";
+      createHome      = true;
+      uid             = config.ids.uids.minecraft;
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.minecraft-server = {
+      description   = "Minecraft Server Service";
+      wantedBy      = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after         = [ "network.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig.Restart = "always";
+      serviceConfig.User    = "minecraft";
+      script = ''
+        cd /var/lib/minecraft
+        exec ${pkgs.minecraft-server}/bin/minecraft-server ${cfg.jvmOpts}
+      '';
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix b/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bfa5a69dfc32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jre }:
+
+with import <nixpkgs> {};
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name    = "minecraft-server-${version}";
+  version = "1.7.5";
+
+  src  = fetchurl {
+    url    = "http://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/${version}/minecraft_server.${version}.jar";
+    sha256 = "0f3sh3fws02yl4xqa8qrvn0cchfp0hymqrf30c5syzzcz9w4l8pq";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib/minecraft
+    cp -v $src $out/lib/minecraft/server.jar
+
+    cat > $out/bin/minecraft-server << EOF
+    #!/bin/sh
+    exec ${jre}/bin/java \$@ -jar $out/lib/minecraft/server.jar nogui
+    EOF
+
+    chmod +x $out/bin/minecraft-server
+  '';
+
+  phases = "installPhase";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Minecraft Server";
+    homepage    = "https://minecraft.net";
+    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
+    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 86b07854c023..6d1d908e935e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1394,6 +1394,8 @@ let
 
   minecraft = callPackage ../games/minecraft { };
 
+  minecraft-server = callPackage ../games/minecraft-server { };
+
   minetest = callPackage ../games/minetest {
     libpng = libpng12;
   };