diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/5.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0bb32449a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, CoreServices }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "premake-${version}";
+  version = "5.0.0pre.alpha.11";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "premake";
+    repo = "premake-core";
+    rev = "5dfb0238bc309df04819dd430def621ce854678d";
+    sha256 = "0k9xbqrnbwj0hnmdgcrwn70py1kiqvr10l42aw42xnlmdyg1sgsc";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = optional stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreServices ];
+
+  patchPhase = optional stdenv.isDarwin ''
+    substituteInPlace premake5.lua \
+      --replace -mmacosx-version-min=10.4 -mmacosx-version-min=10.5
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase =
+    if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
+       make -f Bootstrap.mak osx
+    '' else ''
+       make -f Bootstrap.mak linux
+    '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm755 bin/release/premake5 $out/bin/premake5
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = https://premake.github.io;
+    description = "A simple build configuration and project generation tool using lua";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.darwin ++ platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 814febc1836..aaff845812c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6864,6 +6864,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   premake4 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/premake { };
 
+  premake5 = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/premake/5.nix {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
+  };
+
   premake = premake4;
 
   qtcreator = libsForQt5.callPackage ../development/qtcreator { };