diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d56594c19af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+
+let baseName = "premake";
+    version  = "3.7";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "${baseName}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/premake/${baseName}-src-${version}.zip";
+    sha256 = "b59841a519e75d5b6566848a2c5be2f91455bf0cc6ae4d688fcbd4c40db934d5";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [unzip];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm755 bin/premake $out/bin/premake
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://industriousone.com/premake;
+    description = "A simple build configuration and project generation tool using lua";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e028ff39815..36f2d801303 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3119,6 +3119,8 @@ let
      */
   pkgconfig = forceBuildDrv (callPackage ../development/tools/misc/pkgconfig { });
 
+  premake = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/premake { };
+
   radare = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/radare {
     inherit (gnome) vte;
     lua = lua5;