diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
index 698f3d6a6b26..5a3301040d33 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv, makeWrapper, runCommandNoCC, lib, nixosTests, writeShellScript
-, fetchFromGitHub, bundlerEnv, ruby, replace, gzip, gnutar, git, cacert
-, util-linux, gawk, imagemagick, optipng, pngquant, libjpeg, jpegoptim
-, gifsicle, libpsl, redis, postgresql, which, brotli, procps, rsync
-, nodePackages, v8
+, fetchFromGitHub, bundlerEnv, callPackage
+
+, ruby, replace, gzip, gnutar, git, cacert, util-linux, gawk
+, imagemagick, optipng, pngquant, libjpeg, jpegoptim, gifsicle, libpsl
+, redis, postgresql, which, brotli, procps, rsync, nodePackages, v8
 
 , plugins ? []
 }:
@@ -48,6 +49,35 @@ let
     UNICORN_LISTENER = "/run/discourse/sockets/unicorn.sock";
   };
 
+  mkDiscoursePlugin =
+    { name ? null
+    , pname ? null
+    , version ? null
+    , meta ? null
+    , bundlerEnvArgs ? {}
+    , src
+    , ...
+    }@args:
+    let
+      rubyEnv = bundlerEnv (bundlerEnvArgs // {
+        inherit name pname version ruby;
+      });
+    in
+      stdenv.mkDerivation (builtins.removeAttrs args [ "bundlerEnvArgs" ] // {
+        inherit name pname version src meta;
+        pluginName = if name != null then name else "${pname}-${version}";
+        phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" ];
+        installPhase = ''
+          runHook preInstall
+          mkdir -p $out
+          cp -r * $out/
+        '' + lib.optionalString (bundlerEnvArgs != {}) ''
+          ln -sf ${rubyEnv}/lib/ruby/gems $out/gems
+        '' + ''
+          runHook postInstall
+        '';
+      });
+
   rake = runCommandNoCC "discourse-rake" {
     nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
   } ''
@@ -123,6 +153,12 @@ let
       nodePackages.uglify-js
     ];
 
+    patches = [
+      # Use the Ruby API version in the plugin gem path, to match the
+      # one constructed by bundlerEnv
+      ./plugin_gem_api_version.patch
+    ];
+
     # We have to set up an environment that is close enough to
     # production ready or the assets:precompile task refuses to
     # run. This means that Redis and PostgreSQL has to be running and
@@ -150,7 +186,7 @@ let
       mkdir $NIX_BUILD_TOP/tmp_home
       export HOME=$NIX_BUILD_TOP/tmp_home
 
-      ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (p: "cp -r ${p} plugins/") plugins}
+      ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (p: "ln -sf ${p} plugins/${p.pluginName or ""}") plugins}
 
       export RAILS_ENV=production
 
@@ -200,6 +236,10 @@ let
       # configurable
       ./unicorn_logging_and_timeout.patch
 
+      # Use the Ruby API version in the plugin gem path, to match the
+      # one constructed by bundlerEnv
+      ./plugin_gem_api_version.patch
+
       # Use mv instead of rename, since rename doesn't work across
       # device boundaries
       ./use_mv_instead_of_rename.patch
@@ -235,7 +275,7 @@ let
       ln -sf /run/discourse/public $out/share/discourse/public
       ln -sf /run/discourse/plugins $out/share/discourse/plugins
       ln -sf ${assets} $out/share/discourse/public.dist/assets
-      ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (p: "ln -sf ${p} $out/share/discourse/plugins/") plugins}
+      ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (p: "ln -sf ${p} $out/share/discourse/plugins/${p.pluginName or ""}") plugins}
 
       runHook postInstall
     '';
@@ -249,8 +289,9 @@ let
     };
 
     passthru = {
-      inherit rubyEnv runtimeEnv runtimeDeps rake;
+      inherit rubyEnv runtimeEnv runtimeDeps rake mkDiscoursePlugin;
       enabledPlugins = plugins;
+      plugins = callPackage ./plugins/all-plugins.nix { inherit mkDiscoursePlugin; };
       ruby = rubyEnv.wrappedRuby;
       tests = nixosTests.discourse;
     };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugin_gem_api_version.patch b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugin_gem_api_version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ca7aa850ec51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugin_gem_api_version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/lib/plugin_gem.rb b/lib/plugin_gem.rb
+index 855d1aca2c..8115623547 100644
+--- a/lib/plugin_gem.rb
++++ b/lib/plugin_gem.rb
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module PluginGem
+   def self.load(path, name, version, opts = nil)
+     opts ||= {}
+ 
+-    gems_path = File.dirname(path) + "/gems/#{RUBY_VERSION}"
++    gems_path = File.dirname(path) + "/gems/#{Gem.ruby_api_version}"
+ 
+     spec_path = gems_path + "/specifications"
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/all-plugins.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/all-plugins.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6640cbbe975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/all-plugins.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ mkDiscoursePlugin, newScope, fetchFromGitHub, ... }@args:
+let
+  callPackage = newScope args;
+in
+{
+  discourse-spoiler-alert = callPackage ./discourse-spoiler-alert {};
+  discourse-solved = callPackage ./discourse-solved {};
+  discourse-canned-replies = callPackage ./discourse-canned-replies {};
+  discourse-math = callPackage ./discourse-math {};
+  discourse-github = callPackage ./discourse-github {};
+  discourse-yearly-review = callPackage ./discourse-yearly-review {};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-canned-replies/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-canned-replies/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05c153cd70b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-canned-replies/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ mkDiscoursePlugin, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+mkDiscoursePlugin {
+  name = "discourse-canned-replies";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "discourse";
+    repo = "discourse-canned-replies";
+    rev = "7ee748f18a276aca42185e2079c1d4cadeecdaf8";
+    sha256 = "0j10kxfr6v2rdd58smg2i7iac46z74qnnjk8b91jd1svazhis1ph";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/Gemfile b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0205f4ff1df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+gem 'sawyer', '0.8.2'
+gem 'octokit', '4.21.0'
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/Gemfile.lock b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/Gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f28833a35c0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/Gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    addressable (2.7.0)
+      public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 5.0)
+    faraday (1.4.2)
+      faraday-em_http (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-em_synchrony (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-excon (~> 1.1)
+      faraday-net_http (~> 1.0)
+      faraday-net_http_persistent (~> 1.1)
+      multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
+      ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
+    faraday-em_http (1.0.0)
+    faraday-em_synchrony (1.0.0)
+    faraday-excon (1.1.0)
+    faraday-net_http (1.0.1)
+    faraday-net_http_persistent (1.1.0)
+    multipart-post (2.1.1)
+    octokit (4.21.0)
+      faraday (>= 0.9)
+      sawyer (~> 0.8.0, >= 0.5.3)
+    public_suffix (4.0.6)
+    ruby2_keywords (0.0.4)
+    sawyer (0.8.2)
+      addressable (>= 2.3.5)
+      faraday (> 0.8, < 2.0)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  octokit (= 4.21.0)
+  sawyer (= 0.8.2)
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.1.4
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5d8cff0a9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ mkDiscoursePlugin, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+mkDiscoursePlugin {
+  name = "discourse-github";
+  bundlerEnvArgs.gemdir = ./.;
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "discourse";
+    repo = "discourse-github";
+    rev = "151e353a5a1971157c70c2e2b0f56387f212a81f";
+    sha256 = "00kra6zd2k1f2vwcdvxnxnammzh72f5qxcqbb94m0z6maj598wdy";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/gemset.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/gemset.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bad1f9629578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-github/gemset.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+{
+  addressable = {
+    dependencies = ["public_suffix"];
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "1fvchp2rhp2rmigx7qglf69xvjqvzq7x0g49naliw29r2bz656sy";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "2.7.0";
+  };
+  faraday = {
+    dependencies = ["faraday-em_http" "faraday-em_synchrony" "faraday-excon" "faraday-net_http" "faraday-net_http_persistent" "multipart-post" "ruby2_keywords"];
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "07mhk70gv453pg38md346470hknyhipdqppnplq706ll3k3lzb7v";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "1.4.2";
+  };
+  faraday-em_http = {
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "12cnqpbak4vhikrh2cdn94assh3yxza8rq2p9w2j34bqg5q4qgbs";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "1.0.0";
+  };
+  faraday-em_synchrony = {
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "1vgrbhkp83sngv6k4mii9f2s9v5lmp693hylfxp2ssfc60fas3a6";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "1.0.0";
+  };
+  faraday-excon = {
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "0h09wkb0k0bhm6dqsd47ac601qiaah8qdzjh8gvxfd376x1chmdh";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  faraday-net_http = {
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "1fi8sda5hc54v1w3mqfl5yz09nhx35kglyx72w7b8xxvdr0cwi9j";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "1.0.1";
+  };
+  faraday-net_http_persistent = {
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "0l2c835wl7gv34xp49fhd1bl4czkpw2g3ahqsak2251iqv5589ka";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "1.1.0";
+  };
+  multipart-post = {
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "1zgw9zlwh2a6i1yvhhc4a84ry1hv824d6g2iw2chs3k5aylpmpfj";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "2.1.1";
+  };
+  octokit = {
+    dependencies = ["faraday" "sawyer"];
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "0ak64rb48d8z98nw6q70r6i0i3ivv61iqla40ss5l79491qfnn27";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "4.21.0";
+  };
+  public_suffix = {
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "1xqcgkl7bwws1qrlnmxgh8g4g9m10vg60bhlw40fplninb3ng6d9";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "4.0.6";
+  };
+  ruby2_keywords = {
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "15wfcqxyfgka05v2a7kpg64x57gl1y4xzvnc9lh60bqx5sf1iqrs";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "0.0.4";
+  };
+  sawyer = {
+    dependencies = ["addressable" "faraday"];
+    groups = ["default"];
+    platforms = [];
+    source = {
+      remotes = ["https://rubygems.org"];
+      sha256 = "0yrdchs3psh583rjapkv33mljdivggqn99wkydkjdckcjn43j3cz";
+      type = "gem";
+    };
+    version = "0.8.2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-math/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-math/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8cf2a4abc0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-math/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ mkDiscoursePlugin, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+mkDiscoursePlugin {
+  name = "discourse-math";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "discourse";
+    repo = "discourse-math";
+    rev = "143ddea4558ea9a1b3fd71635bc11e055763c8e7";
+    sha256 = "18pq5ybl3g34i39cpixc3nszvq8gx5yji58zlbbl6428mm011cbx";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-solved/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-solved/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c382a83d0893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-solved/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ mkDiscoursePlugin, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+mkDiscoursePlugin {
+  name = "discourse-solved";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "discourse";
+    repo = "discourse-solved";
+    rev = "179611766d53974308e6f7def21836997c3c55fc";
+    sha256 = "sha256:1s77h42d3bv2lqw33akxh8ss482vxnz4d7qz6xicwqfwv34qjf03";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-spoiler-alert/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-spoiler-alert/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8eba43e47e40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-spoiler-alert/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ mkDiscoursePlugin, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+mkDiscoursePlugin {
+  name = "discourse-spoiler-alert";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "discourse";
+    repo = "discourse-spoiler-alert";
+    rev = "e200cfa571d252cab63f3d30d619b370986e4cee";
+    sha256 = "0ya69ix5g77wz4c9x9gmng6l25ghb5xxlx3icr6jam16q14dzc33";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-yearly-review/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-yearly-review/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8e76123ae593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/discourse/plugins/discourse-yearly-review/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ mkDiscoursePlugin, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+mkDiscoursePlugin {
+  name = "discourse-yearly-review";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "discourse";
+    repo = "discourse-yearly-review";
+    rev = "d1471bdb68945f55342e72e2c525b4f628419a50";
+    sha256 = "sha256:0xpl0l1vpih8xzb6y7k1lm72nj4ya99378viyhqfvpwzsn5pha2a";
+  };
+}