diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/languagetool/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/languagetool/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..44605523529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/languagetool/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, unzip, jdk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "LanguageTool";
+  version = "3.5";
+  name = pname + "-" + version;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.languagetool.org/download/${name}.zip";
+    sha256 = "1axw8fqg2wlkmv45s71q5pg44sg1s06szpkjhyscy704i7d2jc34";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ unzip jdk ];
+  installPhase =
+  ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,share}
+    mv * $out/share/.
+    for lt in languagetool{,-commandline,-server};do
+    cat > $out/bin/$lt <<EXE
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    ${jdk}/bin/java -cp $out/share/ -jar $out/share/$lt.jar $@
+    EXE
+    chmod +x $out/bin/$lt
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://languagetool.org";
+    license = licenses.lgpg21Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
+    descrption = "A proofreading program for English, French German, Polish, and more";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bf9d635b930..85e1336deb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -869,6 +869,8 @@ in
 
   kapacitor = callPackage ../servers/monitoring/kapacitor { };
 
+  languagetool = callPackage ../tools/text/languagetool {  };
+
   long-shebang = callPackage ../misc/long-shebang {};
 
   mathics = pythonPackages.mathics;