diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/slime/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/slime/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c632642536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/slime/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, emacs}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "slime";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "slime";
+    repo = "slime";
+    rev = "f80c997ee9408a73637057759120c5b37b55d781";
+    sha256 = "06ncqxzidmis6d7xsyi5pamg4pvifmc8l854xaa847rhagsvw7ax";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [emacs];
+  installPhase = ''
+    rm -rf CVS
+    mkdir -p $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+    cp -r . $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://common-lisp.net/project/slime/";
+    description = "The Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs";
+    license = "GPL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5ce9c2cf092..9ebdb50c1d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11399,6 +11399,8 @@ let
     xmlRpc = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/xml-rpc { };
 
     cask = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/cask { };
+
+    slime = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/slime { };
   };
 
   emacs24Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (emacsPackagesGen emacs24 pkgs.emacs24Packages);