diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/logic/logisim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/logisim/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..009bed3ffe2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/logic/logisim/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, jre }:
+
+let version = "2.7.1"; in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "logisim-${version}";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/circuit/2.7.x/${version}/logisim-generic-${version}.jar";
+    sha256 = "1hkvc9zc7qmvjbl9579p84hw3n8wl3275246xlzj136i5b0phain";
+  };
+  
+  phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+  
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/bin
+    cp -v $src $out/logisim.jar
+    
+    cat > $out/bin/logisim << EOF
+    #!${stdenv.shell}
+    ${jre}/bin/java -jar $out/logisim.jar
+    EOF
+    
+    chmod +x $out/bin/logisim
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://ozark.hendrix.edu/~burch/logisim";
+    description = "Logisim is an educational tool for designing and simulating digital logic circuits.";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5b50a494de3c..2ff405ce15e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8743,6 +8743,8 @@ let
 
   leo2 = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/leo2 {};
 
+  logisim = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/logisim {};
+
   matita = callPackage ../applications/science/logic/matita {
     ocaml = ocaml_3_11_2;
     inherit (ocamlPackages_3_11_2) findlib lablgtk ocaml_expat gmetadom ocaml_http