diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index d913a28c999d..89ab1f5c3cfe 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@
   roelof = "Roelof Wobben <rwobben@hotmail.com>";
   romildo = "José Romildo Malaquias <malaquias@gmail.com>";
   rszibele = "Richard Szibele <richard_szibele@hotmail.com>";
+  rushmorem = "Rushmore Mushambi <rushmore@webenchanter.com>";
   rycee = "Robert Helgesson <robert@rycee.net>";
   sander = "Sander van der Burg <s.vanderburg@tudelft.nl>";
   schristo = "Scott Christopher <schristopher@konputa.com>";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index f3cda7b95416..390bab907b37 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@
       nylon = 168;
       apache-kafka = 169;
       panamax = 170;
+      marathon = 171;
 
       # When adding a uid, make sure it doesn't match an existing gid. And don't use uids above 399!
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 8ce1c6c20a36..e0255bbbe28e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@
   ./services/scheduling/chronos.nix
   ./services/scheduling/cron.nix
   ./services/scheduling/fcron.nix
+  ./services/scheduling/marathon.nix
   ./services/search/elasticsearch.nix
   ./services/search/solr.nix
   ./services/security/clamav.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/marathon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/marathon.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8513d1174c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/marathon.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.marathon;
+
+in {
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options.services.marathon = {
+    enable = mkOption {
+      description = "Whether to enable the marathon mesos framework.";
+      default = false;
+      type = types.uniq types.bool;
+    };
+
+    httpPort = mkOption {
+      description = "Marathon listening port";
+      default = 8080;
+      type = types.int;
+    };
+
+    master = mkOption {
+      description = "Marathon mesos master zookeeper address";
+      default = "zk://${head cfg.zookeeperHosts}/mesos";
+      type = types.str;
+    };
+
+    zookeeperHosts = mkOption {
+      description = "Marathon mesos zookepper addresses";
+      default = [ "localhost:2181" ];
+      type = types.listOf types.str;
+    };
+  };
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.services.marathon = {
+      description = "Marathon Service";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "network-interfaces.target" "zookeeper.service" "mesos-master.service" "mesos-slave.service" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.marathon}/bin/marathon --master ${cfg.master} --zk zk://${head cfg.zookeeperHosts}/marathon";
+        User = "marathon";
+      };
+    };
+
+    users.extraUsers.marathon = {
+      uid = config.ids.uids.marathon;
+      description = "Marathon mesos framework user";
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/marathon/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/marathon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36ce79aaf341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/marathon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, makeWrapper, jdk, mesos, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "marathon-v${version}";
+  version = "0.8.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://downloads.mesosphere.com/marathon/v${version}/marathon-${version}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "794c915e205aebd8273f2b40c6faea1517fc683cdc0169194c4a67ce8779fa41";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper jdk mesos ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,libexec/marathon}
+    cp target/scala-*/marathon*.jar $out/libexec/marathon/${name}.jar
+
+    makeWrapper ${jdk.jre}/bin/java $out/bin/marathon \
+      --add-flags "-Xmx512m -jar $out/libexec/marathon/${name}.jar" \
+      --prefix "MESOS_NATIVE_LIBRARY" : "$MESOS_NATIVE_LIBRARY"
+    '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://mesosphere.github.io/marathon;
+    description = "Cluster-wide init and control system for services in cgroups or Docker containers.";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ rushmorem ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c43979a880f2..19838a7b7d29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10013,6 +10013,8 @@ let
 
     magit = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/magit { };
 
+    marathon = callPackage ../applications/networking/cluster/marathon { };
+
     maudeMode = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/maude { };
 
     metaweblog = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/metaweblog { };