diff --git a/pkgs/servers/adminer/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/adminer/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d7b12df56d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/adminer/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, libbsd, fetchurl, phpPackages, php }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "4.7.6";
+  pname = "adminer";
+
+  # not using fetchFromGitHub as the git repo relies on submodules that are included in the tar file
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/vrana/adminer/releases/download/v${version}/adminer-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1zgvscz7jk32qga8hp2dg89h7y72v05vz4yh4lq2ahhwwkbnsxpi";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with phpPackages; [ php composer ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    composer --no-cache run compile
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir $out
+    cp adminer-${version}.php $out/adminer.php
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Database management in a single PHP file";
+    homepage = "https://www.adminer.org";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 gpl2 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sstef ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1d8b08c97b03..b0ff8ff4f4fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ in
     pname = "OPNplug";
   };
 
+  adminer = callPackage ../servers/adminer { };
+
   advancecomp = callPackage ../tools/compression/advancecomp {};
 
   aefs = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/aefs { };