diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/spin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/spin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bfc6fe7de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/spin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, flex, yacc, tk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "spin-5.1.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://spinroot.com/spin/Src/spin517.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "03c6bmar4z13jx7dddb029f0qnmgl8x4hyfwn3qijjyd4dbliiw6";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = "cd Src*";
+  buildInputs = [ flex yacc tk ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin
+    cp ../Xspin*/xsp* $out/bin/xspin
+    sed -i -e '1s@^#!/bin/sh@#!${tk}/bin/wish8.4@' \
+      -e '/exec wish/d' $out/bin/xspin
+    cp spin $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Formal verification tool for distributed software systems";
+    homepage = http://spinroot.com/;
+    license = "free";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d08c0824071..dd02204b087 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2588,6 +2588,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig;
   };
 
+  spin = import ../development/tools/analysis/spin {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv flex yacc tk;
+  };
+
   splint = import ../development/tools/analysis/splint {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv flex;
   };