diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing3/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ef078fdbac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/processing3/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, ant, jdk, rsync, javaPackages, libXxf86vm }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "3.3.7";
+  name = "processing3-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "processing";
+    repo = "processing";
+    rev = "processing-0264-3.3.7";
+    sha256 = "0a20z19lmc4xarfnr7xshcmlv3xkc2dgjxknis0iv79gxnwlqhpq";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ ant rsync makeWrapper ];
+  buildInputs = [ jdk ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    # use compiled jogl to avoid patchelf'ing .so files inside jars
+    rm core/library/*.jar
+    cp ${javaPackages.jogl_2_3_2}/share/java/*.jar core/library/
+
+    # suppress "Not fond of this Java VM" message box
+    substituteInPlace app/src/processing/app/platform/LinuxPlatform.java \
+      --replace 'Messages.showWarning' 'if (false) Messages.showWarning'
+
+    ( cd build
+      substituteInPlace build.xml --replace "jre-download," ""  # do not download jre1.8.0_144
+      mkdir -p linux/jre1.8.0_144                               # fake dir to avoid error
+      ant build )
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir $out
+    cp -dpR build/linux/work $out/${name}
+
+    rmdir $out/${name}/java
+    ln -s ${jdk} $out/${name}/java
+
+    makeWrapper $out/${name}/processing      $out/bin/processing \
+        --prefix _JAVA_OPTIONS " " -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd \
+        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libXxf86vm}/lib
+    makeWrapper $out/${name}/processing-java $out/bin/processing-java \
+        --prefix _JAVA_OPTIONS " " -Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd \
+        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${libXxf86vm}/lib
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A language and IDE for electronic arts";
+    homepage = https://processing.org;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a7ece01b27ca..ae3090d45830 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17331,6 +17331,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   qiv = callPackage ../applications/graphics/qiv { };
 
+  processing = processing3;
+  processing3 = callPackage ../applications/graphics/processing3 {
+    jdk = oraclejdk8;
+  };
+
   # perhaps there are better apps for this task? It's how I had configured my preivous system.
   # And I don't want to rewrite all rules
   procmail = callPackage ../applications/misc/procmail { };