diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/cl-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/cl-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..91b8a0c2bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/cl-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Part of NixPkgs package collection
+# This script can be used at your option under the same license as NixPkgs or 
+# under MIT/X11 license
+
+eval "$NIX_LISP_PREHOOK"
+
+NIX_LISP_COMMAND="$1"
+shift
+
+[ -z "$NIX_LISP" ] && NIX_LISP="${NIX_LISP_COMMAND##*/}"
+
+export NIX_LISP NIX_LISP_LOAD_FILE NIX_LISP_EXEC_CODE NIX_LISP_COMMAND NIX_LISP_FINAL_PARAMETERS
+
+case "$NIX_LISP" in
+	sbcl)
+		NIX_LISP_LOAD_FILE="--load"
+		NIX_LISP_EXEC_CODE="--eval"
+		NIX_LISP_FINAL_PARAMETERS=
+		;;
+	ecl)
+		NIX_LISP_LOAD_FILE="-load"
+		NIX_LISP_EXEC_CODE="-eval"
+		NIX_LISP_FINAL_PARAMETERS=
+		;;
+	clisp)
+		NIX_LISP_LOAD_FILE="-c -l"
+		NIX_LISP_EXEC_CODE="-x"
+		NIX_LISP_FINAL_PARAMETERS="-repl"
+		;;
+esac
+
+NIX_LISP_ASDF_REGISTRY_CODE="
+  (progn
+    (setf asdf:*default-source-registries* '(asdf/source-registry:environment-source-registry))
+    (asdf:initialize-source-registry)
+    )
+"
+
+[ -z "$NIX_LISP_SKIP_CODE" ] && "$NIX_LISP_COMMAND" $NIX_LISP_EARLY_OPTIONS \
+	$NIX_LISP_EXEC_CODE "(load \"$NIX_LISP_ASDF/lib/common-lisp/asdf/build/asdf.lisp\")" \
+	$NIX_LISP_EXEC_CODE "$NIX_LISP_ASDF_REGISTRY_CODE" \
+	$NIX_LISP_FINAL_PARAMETERS \
+	"$@"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/common-lisp.sh b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/common-lisp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b22ca016128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/common-lisp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+"$(dirname "$0")"/cl-wrapper.sh "${NIX_LISP_COMMAND:-sbcl}" "$@"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ae4ce13064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, asdf, lisp ? null}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cl-wrapper-script";
+
+  buildPhase="";
+
+  installPhase=''
+    mkdir -p "$out"/bin
+    cp ${./cl-wrapper.sh} "$out"/bin/cl-wrapper.sh
+    cp ${./common-lisp.sh} "$out"/bin/common-lisp.sh
+    chmod a+x "$out"/bin/*
+  '';
+
+  inherit asdf lisp;
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
+  phases="installPhase fixupPhase";
+
+  passthru = {
+    inherit lisp;
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = ''Script used to wrap Common Lisp implementations'';
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5de43dc0e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/clwrapper/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+NIX_LISP_ASDF="@asdf@"
+
+CL_SOURCE_REGISTRY="@asdf@/lib/common-lisp/asdf/:@asdf@/lib/common-lisp/asdf/uiop/"
+
+addASDFPaths () {
+    for j in "$1"/lib/common-lisp/*; do
+	if [ -d "$j" ]; then
+            CL_SOURCE_REGISTRY="$CL_SOURCE_REGISTRY:$j/"
+	fi
+    done
+}
+
+setLisp () {
+    if [ -z "$NIX_LISP_COMMAND" ]; then 
+      for j in "$1"/bin/*; do
+          case "$(basename "$j")" in
+              sbcl) NIX_LISP_COMMAND="$j" ;;
+              ecl) NIX_LISP_COMMAND="$j" ;;
+              clisp) NIX_LISP_COMMAND="$j" ;;
+          esac
+      done
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$NIX_LISP" ]; then 
+        NIX_LISP="${NIX_LISP_COMMAND##*/}"
+    fi
+}
+
+export NIX_LISP_COMMAND NIX_LISP CL_SOURCE_REGISTRY NIX_LISP_ASDF
+
+envHooks=(envHooks[@] addASDFPaths setLisp)
+
+mkdir -p "$HOME"/.cache/common-lisp || HOME="$TMP/.temp-$USER-home"
+mkdir -p "$HOME"/.cache/common-lisp
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 81f181b3817..d14d84ea2c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5881,6 +5881,8 @@ let
   ### DEVELOPMENT / LISP MODULES
 
   asdf = callPackage ../development/lisp-modules/asdf {};
+  clwrapperFunction = callPackage ../development/lisp-modules/clwrapper;
+  wrapLisp = lisp: clwrapperFunction {lisp=lisp;};
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / PERL MODULES