diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/kaffe/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/kaffe/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..1a5e5fa31c1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/kaffe/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+configureFlags="--with-jikes=$jikes/bin/jikes --enable-pure-java-math"
+genericBuild
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/kaffe/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/kaffe/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f7ba6c18e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/kaffe/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, alsaLib, xlibs, jikes}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "kaffe-1.1.4";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.kaffe.org/pub/kaffe/v1.1.x-development/kaffe-1.1.4.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "94d6e7035ba68c2221dce68bb5b3f6e9";
+  };
+  inherit jikes alsaLib;
+  inherit (xlibs) libXaw libX11;
+
+  buildInputs = [jikes alsaLib xlibs.libXaw xlibs.libX11];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 69e2a848debf..f9d865e55af3 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  kaffe =  (import ../development/interpreters/kaffe) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv jikes alsaLib xlibs;
+  };
+
   apacheant14 = (import ../development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv j2sdk;
   };