diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/minisat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/minisat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34a6bd7ceff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/minisat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , zlib
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    baseName="minisat";
+    version="2.2.0";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    url="http://minisat.se/downloads/${name}.tar.gz";
+    hash="023qdnsb6i18yrrawlhckm47q8x0sl7chpvvw3gssfyw3j2pv5cj";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  phaseNames = ["setVars" "doMake" "doDeploy"];
+  goSrcDir = "cd simp";
+  doDeploy = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    ensureDir "$out"/bin
+    cp minisat_static "$out/bin"/minisat
+  '') ["minInit" "defEnsureDir"];
+  makeFlags = ["rs"];
+  setVars = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    export MROOT=$PWD/../
+  '') ["doUnpack"];
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "A compact and readable SAT-solver";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+    license = "MIT";
+    homepage = "http://minisat.se/";
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://minisat.se/MiniSat.html";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8f29a5ead24..e878bf2bd9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6983,6 +6983,8 @@ let
 
   leo2 = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/leo2 {};
 
+  minisat = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/minisat {};
+
   opensmt = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/opensmt {
     flex = flex2535;
   };