diff --git a/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix b/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bfa5a69dfc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/minecraft-server/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jre }:
+
+with import <nixpkgs> {};
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name    = "minecraft-server-${version}";
+  version = "1.7.5";
+
+  src  = fetchurl {
+    url    = "http://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/${version}/minecraft_server.${version}.jar";
+    sha256 = "0f3sh3fws02yl4xqa8qrvn0cchfp0hymqrf30c5syzzcz9w4l8pq";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/lib/minecraft
+    cp -v $src $out/lib/minecraft/server.jar
+
+    cat > $out/bin/minecraft-server << EOF
+    #!/bin/sh
+    exec ${jre}/bin/java \$@ -jar $out/lib/minecraft/server.jar nogui
+    EOF
+
+    chmod +x $out/bin/minecraft-server
+  '';
+
+  phases = "installPhase";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Minecraft Server";
+    homepage    = "https://minecraft.net";
+    license     = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
+    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e3b34243d4d..84e31d82bf8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1394,6 +1394,8 @@ let
 
   minecraft = callPackage ../games/minecraft { };
 
+  minecraft-server = callPackage ../games/minecraft-server { };
+
   minetest = callPackage ../games/minetest {
     libpng = libpng12;
   };