diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/drip/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/drip/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a62fa042981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/drip/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, gcc, jdk, which }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "drip";
+  version = "0.2.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    repo = pname;
+    owner = "flatland";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1zl62wdwfak6z725asq5lcqb506la1aavj7ag78lvp155wyh8aq1";
+   #fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gcc jdk which ];
+ 
+  patchPhase = ''
+    mkdir $out
+    cp ./* $out -r
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    $out/bin/drip version
+  '';
+
+  phases = [ "unpackPhase" "patchPhase" "buildPhase" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "a launcher for the Java Virtual Machine intended to be a drop-in replacement for the java command, only faster";
+    license = licenses.epl;
+    homepage = https://github.com/flatland/drip;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.rybern ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3051f682696..79accc142f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7238,6 +7238,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   drake = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/drake { };
 
+  drip = callPackage ../development/tools/drip { };
+
   drush = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/drush { };
 
   editorconfig-core-c = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/editorconfig-core-c { };