diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..277f83ded73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rust/racer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{stdenv, fetchgit, rust, makeWrapper }:
+
+let
+  rustSrc = rust.src;
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  #TODO add emacs support
+  name = "racer-git-2014-11-24";
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/phildawes/racer;
+    rev = "50655ffd509bea09ea9b310970dedfeaf5a33cf3";
+    sha256 = "0bd456i4nz12z39ljnw1kjg8mcflvm7rjql2r80fb038c7rd6xi1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ rust makeWrapper ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp -p bin/racer $out/bin/
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/racer --set RUST_SRC_PATH "${rustSrc}/src"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A utility intended to provide rust code completion for editors and IDEs.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/phildawes/racer;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
index ecb3fbc1d57..7988b112c76 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # TODO check that no license information gets lost
-{ fetchurl, bash, stdenv, python, cmake, vim, perl, ruby, unzip, which, fetchgit, fetchzip, llvmPackages, zip }:
+{ fetchurl, bash, stdenv, python, cmake, vim, perl, ruby, unzip, which, fetchgit, fetchzip, llvmPackages, zip, racerRust }:
 
 /*
 Typical plugin files:
@@ -595,6 +595,26 @@ rec {
     };
   };
 
+  racer = buildVimPlugin {
+    name = "racer-git-2014-11-24";
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = https://github.com/phildawes/racer;
+      rev = "50655ffd509bea09ea9b310970dedfeaf5a33cf3";
+      sha256 = "0bd456i4nz12z39ljnw1kjg8mcflvm7rjql2r80fb038c7rd6xi1";
+    };
+    buildPhase = ''
+      find . -type f -not -name 'racer.vim' -exec rm -rf {} \;
+      mkdir plugin
+      mv ./editors/racer.vim plugin/racer.vim
+      rm -rf editors images src 
+    '';
+    /*patches = [ ./racer.patch ];*/
+    meta = {
+      homepage = https://github.com/phildawes/racer;
+      maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.jagajaga ];
+    };
+  };
+
   rainbow_parentheses = buildVimPlugin {
     name = "rainbow_parentheses";
     src = fetchgit {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b87f7bbaa23..862d86b7817 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4646,6 +4646,8 @@ let
 
   pstack = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/gdb/pstack.nix { };
 
+  racerRust = callPackage ../development/tools/rust/racer { rust = rustcMaster; };
+
   radare = callPackage ../development/tools/analysis/radare {
     inherit (gnome) vte;
     lua = lua5;