diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/spades/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/spades/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a195f79010a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/spades/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, bzip2, cmake }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "SPAdes";
+  version = "3.13.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://cab.spbu.ru/files/release${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0giayz197lmq2108filkn9izma3i803sb3iskv9hs5snzdr9p8ld";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib bzip2 ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  sourceRoot = "${pname}-${version}/src";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "St. Petersburg genome assembler: assembly toolkit containing various assembly pipelines";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    homepage = "http://cab.spbu.ru/software/spades/";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bzizou ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 15ab0bf257cc..3cd3577c60a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -23085,6 +23085,8 @@ in
 
   seaview = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/seaview { };
 
+  SPAdes = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/spades { };
+
   trimal = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/trimal { };
 
   varscan = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/varscan { };