diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/jameica/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/jameica/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b65c11cb9f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/jameica/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeDesktopItem, makeWrapper, ant, jdk, jre, xmlstarlet, gtk2, glib, xorg }:
+
+let
+  _version = "2.8.1";
+  _build = "449";
+  version = "${_version}-${_build}";
+  name = "jameica-${version}";
+
+  swtSystem = if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then "linux"
+  else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "linux64"
+  else throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.system}";
+
+  launcher = ''
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    exec ${jre}/bin/java -Xmx512m de.willuhn.jameica.Main "$@"
+  '';
+
+  desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
+    name = "jameica";
+    exec = "jameica";
+    comment = "Free Runtime Environment for Java Applications.";
+    desktopName = "Jameica";
+    genericName = "Jameica";
+    categories = "Application;Office;";
+  };
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  inherit name version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ ant jdk makeWrapper xmlstarlet ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk2 glib xorg.libXtst ];
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "willuhn";
+    repo = "jameica";
+    rev = "V_${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] _version}_BUILD_${_build}";
+    sha256 = "1w25lxjskn1yxllbv0vgvcc9f9xvgv9430dm4b59ia9baf98syd2";
+  };
+
+  # there is also a build.gradle, but it only seems to be used to vendor 3rd party libraries
+  # and is not able to build the application itself
+  buildPhase = ''
+    (cd build; ant init compile jar)
+  '';
+
+  # jameica itself loads ./plugin.xml to determine it's version.
+  # Unfortunately, the version attribute there seems to be wrong,
+  # so it thinks it's older than it really is,
+  # and refuses to load plugins destined for its version.
+  # Set version manually to workaround that.
+  postPatch = ''
+    xml ed -u '/system/@version' -v '${version}' plugin.xml > plugin.xml.new
+    mv plugin.xml.new plugin.xml
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/libexec $out/lib $out/bin $out/share/applications
+
+    # copy libraries except SWT
+    cp $(find lib -type f -iname '*.jar' | grep -ve 'swt/.*/swt.jar') $out/lib/
+    # copy platform-specific SWT
+    cp lib/swt/${swtSystem}/swt.jar $out/lib
+
+    install -Dm644 releases/${_version}-*/jameica/jameica.jar $out/libexec/
+    install -Dm644 plugin.xml $out/libexec/
+    install -Dm644 build/jameica-icon.png $out/share/pixmaps/jameica.png
+    cp ${desktopItem}/share/applications/* $out/share/applications/
+
+    echo "${launcher}" > $out/bin/jameica
+    chmod +x $out/bin/jameica
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/jameica --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs} \
+                                 --set CLASSPATH "$out/libexec/jameica.jar:$out/lib/*" \
+                                 --run "cd $out/libexec"
+                                 # jameica expects its working dir set to the "program directory"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://www.willuhn.de/products/jameica/;
+    description = "Free Runtime Environment for Java Applications.";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Runtime Environment for plugins like Hibiscus (HBCI Online Banking),
+      SynTAX (accounting) and JVerein (club management).
+    '';
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ flokli ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77e96a9c24bd..3847fc55a99e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16869,6 +16869,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   jalv = callPackage ../applications/audio/jalv { };
 
+  jameica = callPackage ../applications/office/jameica { };
+
   jamin = callPackage ../applications/audio/jamin { };
 
   japa = callPackage ../applications/audio/japa { };