diff --git a/pkgs/servers/search/sphinxsearch/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/search/sphinxsearch/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9264ae99609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/search/sphinxsearch/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, mysql }:
+
+let
+  version = "2.1.9";
+  mainSrc = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://sphinxsearch.com/files/sphinx-${version}-release.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "00vwxf3zr0g1fq9mls1z2rd8nxw74b76pkl1j466lig1qc5am2b2";
+  };
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sphinxsearch-${version}";
+  src = mainSrc;
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--program-prefix=sphinxsearch-"
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ 
+    pkgconfig
+    mysql
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Sphinx is an open source full text search server.";
+    homepage    = http://sphinxsearch.com;
+    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ ederoyd46 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f20f6ef8953..bc4eabb8efb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6125,6 +6125,8 @@ let
 
   sphinxbase = callPackage ../development/libraries/sphinxbase { };
 
+  sphinxsearch = callPackage ../servers/search/sphinxsearch { };
+
   spice = callPackage ../development/libraries/spice {
     celt = celt_0_5_1;
     inherit (xlibs) libXrandr libXfixes libXext libXrender libXinerama;