diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index 06dbde5a56f7..9dc257277060 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@
   kaiha = "Kai Harries <kai.harries@gmail.com>";
   kamilchm = "Kamil Chmielewski <kamil.chm@gmail.com>";
   kampfschlaefer = "Arnold Krille <arnold@arnoldarts.de>";
+  karolchmist = "karolchmist <info+nix@chmist.com>";
   kentjames = "James Kent <jameschristopherkent@gmail.com";
   kevincox = "Kevin Cox <kevincox@kevincox.ca>";
   khumba = "Bryan Gardiner <bog@khumba.net>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/dotty.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/dotty.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb0c43550022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/scala/dotty.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, jre }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.4.0-RC1";
+  name = "dotty-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/releases/download/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1d1ab08b85bd6898ce6273fa50818de0d314fc6e5377fb6ee05494827043321b";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ jre ] ;
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ] ;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    mv * $out
+
+    mkdir -p $out/shared
+    mv $out/bin/common $out/shared
+  '';
+
+  fixupPhase = ''
+    for file in $out/bin/* ; do
+      substituteInPlace $file \
+        --replace '$PROG_HOME/bin/common' $out/shared/common
+
+      wrapProgram $file \
+        --set JAVA_HOME ${jre}
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Research platform for new language concepts and compiler technologies for Scala.";
+    longDescription = ''
+       Dotty is a platform to try out new language concepts and compiler technologies for Scala.
+       The focus is mainly on simplification. We remove extraneous syntax (e.g. no XML literals),
+       and try to boil down Scala’s types into a smaller set of more fundamental constructs.
+       The theory behind these constructs is researched in DOT, a calculus for dependent object types.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://dotty.epfl.ch/;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [maintainers.karolchmist];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d2aeb4a8e66c..a225238b26bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5491,6 +5491,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   devpi-client = callPackage ../development/tools/devpi-client {};
 
+  dotty = callPackage ../development/compilers/scala/dotty.nix { jre = jre8;};
+
   drumstick = callPackage ../development/libraries/drumstick { };
 
   ecl = callPackage ../development/compilers/ecl { };