diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mint/crystal2nix.cr b/pkgs/development/compilers/mint/crystal2nix.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..017ebe62b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mint/crystal2nix.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require "yaml"
+require "json"
+
+class PrefetchJSON
+  JSON.mapping(sha256: String)
+end
+
+File.open "shards.nix", "w+" do |file|
+  file.puts %({)
+  yaml = YAML.parse(File.read("shard.lock"))
+  yaml["shards"].each do |key, value|
+    owner, repo = value["github"].as_s.split("/")
+    url = "https://github.com/#{value["github"]}"
+    rev = if value["version"]?
+            "v#{value["version"]}"
+          else
+            value["commit"].as_s
+          end
+
+    sha256 = ""
+    args = ["--url", url, "--rev", rev]
+    Process.run("nix-prefetch-git", args: args) do |x|
+      x.error.each_line { |e| puts e }
+      sha256 = PrefetchJSON.from_json(x.output).sha256
+    end
+
+    file.puts %(  #{key} = {)
+    file.puts %(    owner = "#{owner}";)
+    file.puts %(    repo = "#{repo}";)
+    file.puts %(    rev = "#{rev}";)
+    file.puts %(    sha256 = "#{sha256}";)
+    file.puts %(  };)
+  end
+  file.puts %(})
+end
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/mint/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..619170d4a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mint/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, crystal, zlib, openssl, duktape}:
+let
+  crystalPackages = lib.mapAttrs (name: src:
+    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = lib.replaceStrings ["/"] ["-"] name;
+      src = fetchFromGitHub src;
+      phases = "installPhase";
+      installPhase = ''cp -r $src $out'';
+      passthru = { libName = name; };
+    }
+  ) (import ./shards.nix);
+
+  crystalLib = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "crystal-lib";
+    src = lib.attrValues crystalPackages;
+    libNames = lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: [k v]) crystalPackages;
+    phases = "buildPhase";
+    buildPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      linkup () {
+        while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+          ln -s $2 $out/$1
+          shift; shift
+        done
+      }
+      linkup $libNames
+    '';
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2018-05-27";
+  name = "mint-${version}";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "mint-lang";
+    repo = "mint";
+    rev = "a3f0c86f54b8b3a18dda5c39c2089bdb1d774b4f";
+    sha256 = "1bgs6jkwfc2ksq4gj55cl3h2l5g25f5bwlsjryiw9cbx5k4bp1kz";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ crystal zlib openssl duktape ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+
+    mkdir tmp
+    cd tmp
+    ln -s ${crystalLib} lib
+    cp -r $src/* .
+    crystal build src/mint.cr -o $out/bin/mint --verbose --progress --release --no-debug
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''true'';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A refreshing language for the front-end web";
+    homepage = https://mint-lang.com/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ manveru ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/mint/shards.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/mint/shards.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcf7454b4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/mint/shards.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{
+  admiral = {
+    owner = "jwaldrip";
+    repo = "admiral.cr";
+    rev = "v1.6.1";
+    sha256 = "0y30b9b9rkz43afd3b9l24hs0r170qyc07r05kvydbv89376c53i";
+  };
+  ameba = {
+    owner = "veelenga";
+    repo = "ameba";
+    rev = "v0.6.0";
+    sha256 = "16jfyrkfc909h16si513lw944qp3dyapymczcqc2ic0jaal0af5b";
+  };
+  baked_file_system = {
+    owner = "schovi";
+    repo = "baked_file_system";
+    rev = "v0.9.6";
+    sha256 = "06cpriaizp5pcqwdq3jl2lm4sz9b2gcxg3a9q3lh0fqk2acajzmx";
+  };
+  duktape = {
+    owner = "jessedoyle";
+    repo = "duktape.cr";
+    rev = "v0.13.0";
+    sha256 = "0v0nckprgr7idmsx97g98as1a7z4hmlmwl924dbbaqvyslv5ls6w";
+  };
+  kemal = {
+    owner = "kemalcr";
+    repo = "kemal";
+    rev = "v0.22.0";
+    sha256 = "0gq3c27grgh90fykbj9fdsz507lwd41gk686qfnig6npndqv1v10";
+  };
+  kilt = {
+    owner = "jeromegn";
+    repo = "kilt";
+    rev = "v0.4.0";
+    sha256 = "1w9ib6j4xhwxdxx58nzc06gw7ci7vga03vgj1z1bnklamb0b0l0k";
+  };
+  radix = {
+    owner = "luislavena";
+    repo = "radix";
+    rev = "v0.3.8";
+    sha256 = "1kn2xxj8a8j6f6g1dr0s9mkrj1xqnpzw9wnbq24mbv8ach9a1hva";
+  };
+  string_inflection = {
+    owner = "mosop";
+    repo = "string_inflection";
+    rev = "v0.2.1";
+    sha256 = "10vkr28h7n53ijjv57ldxhh473086qg313lzs55a7wsh0zgc104m";
+  };
+  time_format = {
+    owner = "vladfaust";
+    repo = "time_format.cr";
+    rev = "v0.1.0";
+    sha256 = "1f3rssdlcw2a5f74qa8bzlf1rh5dzvyg1d32w9qlisf2cc4lkh9g";
+  };
+  tree_template = {
+    owner = "anykeyh";
+    repo = "tree_template";
+    rev = "3fcb71ee6852040077dd1a2c8c55c67f4a95ba4e";
+    sha256 = "04w89wpnkna4ipyy3pxshqqwgk965hz1d31vqp0mrb0ilmpsywdk";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 63c943a86e2..9e8edbe58f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6782,6 +6782,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   microscheme = callPackage ../development/compilers/microscheme { };
 
+  mint = callPackage ../development/compilers/mint { };
+
   mitscheme = callPackage ../development/compilers/mit-scheme {
    texLive = texlive.combine { inherit (texlive) scheme-small; };
    texinfo = texinfo5;