diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/alchemy/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/alchemy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f31b568e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/alchemy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, jre}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "alchemy-007-alpha";
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://al.chemy.org/files/Alchemy-007.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1pk00m4iajvv9jzv96in10czpcf7zc3d4nmd9biqagpsg28mr70b";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin $out/share
+    cp -a . $out/share/alchemy
+    cat >> $out/bin/alchemy << EOF
+    #!/bin/sh
+    cd $out/share/alchemy
+    ${jre}/bin/java -jar Alchemy.jar "$@"
+    EOF
+    chmod +x $out/bin/alchemy
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Drawing application";
+    homepage = http://al.chemy.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60cdaa237b1..f2fb66b5fdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6753,6 +6753,8 @@ let
 
   aewan = callPackage ../applications/editors/aewan { };
 
+  alchemy = callPackage ../applications/graphics/alchemy { };
+
   amsn = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/amsn { };
 
   antiword = callPackage ../applications/office/antiword {};