diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jam-mode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jam-mode/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0fd698ad2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/jam-mode/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ trivialBuild, lib, fetchurl }:
+
+trivialBuild rec {
+  pname = "jam-mode";
+  version = "0.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/distfiles/jam-mode-${version}.el.xz";
+    sha256 = "1jchgiy2rgvnb3swr6ar72yas6pj4inpgpcq78q01q6snflmi2fh";
+  };
+
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    xz -cd $src > jam-mode.el
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "An Emacs major mode for editing Jam files";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ qyliss ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/manual-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/manual-packages.nix
index 1ff64fe2813..5f7d602264f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/manual-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/manual-packages.nix
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
 
   helm-words = callPackage ./helm-words { };
 
+  jam-mode = callPackage ./jam-mode { };
+
   org-mac-link =
     callPackage ./org-mac-link { };