diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b44d12c2934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${passthru.pname}-${passthru.version}";
+
+  passthru = {
+    pname = "hspell";
+    version = "1.1";
+  };
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${meta.homepage}${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "08x7rigq5pa1pfpl30qp353hbdkpadr1zc49slpczhsn0sg36pd6";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''patchShebangs .'';
+  buildInputs = [ perl zlib ];
+
+  makeFlags = "CFLAGS=-fPIC";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Hebrew spell checker";
+    homepage = http://hspell.ivrix.org.il/;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.urkud ];
+# Note that I don't speak hebrew, so I can only fix compile problems
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a2ef479e3c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, hspell }:
+
+let
+  dict = a: stdenv.mkDerivation ({
+    inherit (hspell) src patchPhase buildNativeInputs;
+    meta = hspell.meta // {
+      description = "${a.buildFlags} Hebrew dictionary";
+    } // a.meta;
+  } // (removeAttrs ["meta"] a));
+in
+{
+  recurseForDerivations = true;
+
+  aspell = dict {
+    name = "aspell-dict-he-${hspell.version}";
+
+    buildFlags = "aspell";
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/aspell
+      cp -v he_affix.dat he.wl $out/lib/aspell'';
+  };
+
+  myspell = dict {
+    name = "myspell-dict-he-${hspell.version}";
+
+    buildFlags = "myspell";
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/myspell
+      cp -v he.dic he.aff $out/lib/myspell'';
+  };
+
+  hunspell = dict {
+    name = "hunspell-dict-he-${hspell.version}";
+
+    buildFlags = "hunspell";
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/lib
+      cp -rv hunspell $out/lib'';
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dc959e8e7b7b..9bfbaddea512 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3069,6 +3069,10 @@ let
 
   heimdal = callPackage ../development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix { };
 
+  hspell = callPackage ../development/libraries/hspell { };
+
+  hspellDicts = callPackage ../development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix { };
+
   hsqldb = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/hsqldb { };
 
   hunspell = callPackage ../development/libraries/hunspell { };