diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/programming/groove/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/programming/groove/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e854f20d39a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/programming/groove/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem, icoutils, jre }:
+
+let
+  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
+    name = "groove-simulator";
+    exec = "groove-simulator";
+    icon = "groove";
+    desktopName = "GROOVE Simulator";
+    comment = "GRaphs for Object-Oriented VErification";
+    categories = "Science;ComputerScience;";
+  };
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "groove";
+  version = "5.7.4";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/groove/groove/${version}/${pname}-${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version}-bin.zip";
+    sha256 = "1cl3xzl3n8b9a7h5pvnv31bab9j9zaw07ppk8whk8h865dcq1d10";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip makeWrapper icoutils ];
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/groove
+    cp -r bin lib $out/share/groove/
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/doc/groove
+    cp CHANGES README *.pdf $out/share/doc/groove/
+
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    for bin in Generator Imager ModelChecker PrologChecker Simulator Viewer; do
+      makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/groove-''${bin,,} \
+        --add-flags "-jar $out/share/groove/bin/$bin.jar"
+    done
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/applications
+    ln -s ${desktopItem}/share/applications/* $out/share/applications/
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/{16x16,32x32}/apps
+    icotool -x -i 1 -o $out/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/groove.png groove-green-g.ico
+    icotool -x -i 2 -o $out/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/groove.png groove-green-g.ico
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GRaphs for Object-Oriented VErification";
+    homepage = http://groove.cs.utwente.nl/;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jfrankenau ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 11ada7244236..af3798fe7e0a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -22171,6 +22171,8 @@ in
 
   dafny = dotnetPackages.Dafny;
 
+  groove = callPackage ../applications/science/programming/groove { };
+
   plm = callPackage ../applications/science/programming/plm { };
 
   scyther = callPackage ../applications/science/programming/scyther { };