diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/groovy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/groovy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7dc135215cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/groovy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+args: with args;
+
+# at runtime, need jdk
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "groovy-1.7.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://dist.groovy.codehaus.org/distributions/groovy-binary-1.7.1.zip";
+    sha256 = "0a204f6835f07e6a079bd4761e70cd5e0c31ebc0c9eb293fda11dfb2d8bf137c";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out
+    rm bin/*.bat
+    mv * $out
+  '';
+
+  phases = "unpackPhase installPhase";
+
+  buildInputs = [unzip];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An agile dynamic language for the Java Platform";
+    homepage = http://groovy.codehaus.org/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d43741cc4022..225d1e2d11a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2553,6 +2553,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl gnum4 ncurses openssl;
   };
 
+  groovy = import ../development/interpreters/groovy {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl unzip;
+  };
+
   guile = import ../development/interpreters/guile {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv readline libtool gmp gawk makeWrapper;
   };