diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52e39b98a3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/tabula/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchzip, jre, makeWrapper }:
+
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "tabula-${version}";
+  version = "1.2.1";
+
+
+  src = fetchzip {
+    url = "https://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula/releases/download/v${version}/tabula-jar-${version}.zip";
+    sha256 = "0lkpv8hkji81fanyxm7ph8421fr9a6phqc3pbhw2bc4gljg7sgxi";
+  };
+
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/share/tabula
+    cp -v * $out/share/tabula
+
+    makeWrapper ${jre}/bin/java $out/bin/tabula --add-flags "-jar $out/share/tabula/tabula.jar"
+  '';
+
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files";
+    longDescription = ''
+      If you’ve ever tried to do anything with data provided to you in PDFs, you
+      know how painful it is — there's no easy way to copy-and-paste rows of data
+      out of PDF files. Tabula allows you to extract that data into a CSV or
+      Microsoft Excel spreadsheet using a simple, easy-to-use interface.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://tabula.technology/;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.dpaetzel ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 33f789328fce..4b6822b9af69 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19175,6 +19175,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   taskjuggler = callPackage ../applications/misc/taskjuggler { };
 
+  tabula = callPackage ../applications/misc/tabula { };
+
   tasknc = callPackage ../applications/misc/tasknc { };
 
   taskwarrior = callPackage ../applications/misc/taskwarrior { };