diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/openjump/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/openjump/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b42f0f33221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/openjump/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "openjump-1.3.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/jump-pilot/OpenJUMP/1.3.1/openjump-1.3.1.zip;
+    sha256 = "0y4z53yx0x7rp3c8rnj028ni3gr47r35apgcpqp3jl7r2di6zgqm";
+  };
+
+  # ln jump.log hack: a different user will probably get a permission denied
+  # error. Still this is better than getting it always.
+  # TODO: build from source and patch this
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/bin;
+    cd $out; unzip $src
+    s=$out/bin/OpenJump
+    dir=$(echo $out/openjump-*)
+    cat >> $s << EOF
+    #!/bin/sh
+    cd $dir/bin
+    exec /bin/sh openjump.sh
+    EOF
+    chmod +x $s
+    ln -s /tmp/openjump.log $dir/bin/jump.log
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ":";
+
+  buildInputs = [unzip];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "open source Geographic Information System (GIS) written in the Java programming language";
+    homepage = http://www.openjump.org/index.html;
+    license = "GPLv2";
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a4a0a996b967..d03aa22683ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8141,6 +8141,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };
 
+  openjump = import ../applications/misc/openjump {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl unzip;
+  };
+
   openoffice = import ../applications/office/openoffice {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pam python tcsh libxslt perl zlib libjpeg
       expat pkgconfig freetype fontconfig libwpd libxml2 db4 sablotron