diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/docear/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/docear/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d2341113b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/docear/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, runtimeShell, makeWrapper
+, oraclejre
+, antialiasFont ? true
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "docear";
+  version = "1.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://docear.org/downloads/docear_linux.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1g5n7r2x4gas6dl2fbyh7v9yxdcb6bzml8n3ldmpzv1rncgjcdp4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ oraclejre makeWrapper ];
+
+  buildPhase = "";
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/share
+    cp -R * $out/share
+    chmod 0755 $out/share/ -R
+
+    # The wrapper ensures oraclejre is used
+    makeWrapper ${runtimeShell} $out/bin/docear \
+      --set _JAVA_OPTIONS "${stdenv.lib.optionalString antialiasFont ''-Dswing.aatext=TRUE -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=on''}" \
+      --set JAVA_HOME ${oraclejre.home} \
+      --add-flags "$out/share/docear.sh"
+
+    chmod 0755 $out/bin/docear
+    '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A unique solution to academic literature management";
+    homepage = "http://www.docear.org/";
+    # Licenses at: http://www.docear.org/software/download/
+    license = with licenses; [
+      gpl2 # for the main software and some dependencies
+      bsd3 # for one of its dependencies
+    ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ unode ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c41cf93d897..9daf749f161 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2497,6 +2497,8 @@ in
 
   docbook2mdoc = callPackage ../tools/misc/docbook2mdoc { };
 
+  docear = callPackage ../applications/office/docear { };
+
   dockbarx = callPackage ../applications/misc/dockbarx { };
 
   dog = callPackage ../tools/system/dog { };