diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/scry/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/scry/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab810a2ae9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/scry/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, crystal, shards, which }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "scry";
+  # 0.7.1 doesn't work with crystal > 0.25
+  version = "0.7.1.20180919";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "crystal-lang-tools";
+    repo   = "scry";
+    rev    = "543c1c3f764298f9fff192ca884d10f72338607d";
+    sha256 = "1yq7jap3y5pr2yqc6fn6bxshzwv7dz3w97incq7wpcvi7ibb4lcn";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ crystal shards which ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+
+    shards build --release
+
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    install -Dm755 -t $out/bin bin/scry
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  # https://github.com/crystal-lang-tools/scry/issues/138
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    runHook preCheck
+
+    crystal spec
+
+    runHook postCheck
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Code analysis server for the Crystal programming language";
+    homepage = https://github.com/crystal-lang-tools/scry;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ peterhoeg ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3dc56a75741c..16f25cfc03ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6418,6 +6418,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   icr = callPackage ../development/tools/icr {};
 
+  scry = callPackage ../development/tools/scry {};
+
   devpi-client = callPackage ../development/tools/devpi-client {};
 
   devpi-server = callPackage ../development/tools/devpi-server {};