diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/spark/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/spark/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18aae784cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/spark/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jre, bash, simpleBuildTool, python27Packages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name    = "spark-${version}";
+  version = "0.9.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url    = "http://d3kbcqa49mib13.cloudfront.net/${name}-incubating-bin-cdh4.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0dgirq2ws25accijijanqij6d1mwxkrcqkmq1xsslfpz26svs1w1";
+  };
+
+  unpackPhase = ''tar zxf $src'';
+
+  untarDir = "spark-${version}-incubating-bin-cdh4";
+  installPhase = ''
+    set -x
+    mkdir -p $out/lib $out/bin
+    mv ${untarDir} $out/lib
+
+    cat > $out/bin/spark-class <<EOF
+    #!${bash}/bin/bash
+    export JAVA_HOME=${jre}
+    export SPARK_HOME=$out/lib/${untarDir}
+
+    if [ -z "\$1" ]; then
+      echo "Usage: spark-class <class> [<args>]" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    export SPARK_MEM=\''${SPARK_MEM:-1024m}
+
+    JAVA_OPTS=""
+    JAVA_OPTS="\$JAVA_OPTS -Djava.library.path=\"\$SPARK_LIBRARY_PATH\""
+    JAVA_OPTS="\$JAVA_OPTS -Xms\$SPARK_MEM -Xmx\$SPARK_MEM"
+    export JAVA_OPTS
+
+    CLASSPATH=\`$out/lib/${untarDir}/bin/compute-classpath.sh\`
+    export CLASSPATH
+
+    exec ${jre}/bin/java -cp "\$CLASSPATH" \$JAVA_OPTS "\$@"
+    EOF
+    chmod +x $out/bin/spark-class
+
+    cat > $out/bin/spark-shell <<EOF
+    #!${bash}/bin/bash
+    set -o posix
+    export JAVA_HOME=${jre}
+    export SPARK_HOME=$out/lib/${untarDir}
+    for o in "\$@"; do
+      if [ "\$1" = "-c" -o "\$1" = "--cores" ]; then
+        shift
+        if [ -n "\$1" ]; then
+          OPTIONS="-Dspark.cores.max=\$1"
+          shift
+        fi
+      fi
+    done
+
+    exit_status=127
+    saved_stty=""
+
+    function restoreSttySettings() {
+      stty \$saved_stty
+      saved_stty=""
+    }
+
+    function onExit() {
+      if [[ "\$saved_stty" != "" ]]; then
+        restoreSttySettings
+      fi
+      exit \$exit_status
+    }
+
+    trap onExit INT
+
+    saved_stty=\$(stty -g 2>/dev/null)
+    if [[ ! \$? ]]; then
+      saved_stty=""
+    fi
+
+    $out/bin/spark-class \$OPTIONS org.apache.spark.repl.Main "\$@"
+
+    exit_status=\$?
+    onExit
+    EOF
+    chmod +x $out/bin/spark-shell
+
+    cat > $out/bin/pyspark <<EOF
+    #!${bash}/bin/bash
+    export JAVA_HOME=${jre}
+    export SPARK_HOME=$out/lib/${untarDir}
+    export PYTHONPATH=$out/lib/${untarDir}/python:\$PYTHONPATH
+    export OLD_PYTHONSTARTUP=\$PYTHONSTARTUP
+    export PYTHONSTARTUP=$out/lib/${untarDir}/python/pyspark/shell.py
+    export SPARK_MEM=\''${SPARK_MEM:-1024m}
+    exec ${python27Packages.ipythonLight}/bin/ipython \$@
+    EOF
+    chmod +x $out/bin/pyspark
+
+    cat > $out/bin/spark-upload-scala <<EOF
+    #!${bash}/bin/bash
+    export JAVA_HOME=${jre}
+    export SPARK_HOME=$out/lib/${untarDir}
+    export SPARK_MEM=\''${SPARK_MEM:-1024m}
+
+    CLASS=\$1; shift
+    exec ${simpleBuildTool}/bin/sbt package "run-main \$CLASS \$@"
+    EOF
+    chmod +x $out/bin/spark-upload-scala
+
+    cat > $out/bin/spark-upload-python <<EOF
+    #!${bash}/bin/bash
+    exec $out/bin/pyspark \$@
+    EOF
+    chmod +x $out/bin/spark-upload-python
+  '';
+
+  phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
+
+  meta    = {
+    description = "Spark cluster computing";
+    homepage    = "http://spark.incubator.apache.org";
+    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bbfaee4dafd..4cc546a353a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3311,6 +3311,8 @@ let
 
   scheme48 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/scheme48 { };
 
+  spark = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/spark { };
+
   spidermonkey = callPackage ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey { };
   spidermonkey_1_8_0rc1 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey/1.8.0-rc1.nix { };
   spidermonkey_185 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/spidermonkey/185-1.0.0.nix { };