diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..847d56b1f0aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, openssl, zlib, python, gyp, bash, go, readline }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2.5.2";
+  name    = "arangodb-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git;
+    rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "04l9palmh0jwbylapsss7d1s0h54wb6kng30zqsl3dq9l91ii6s0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    openssl zlib python gyp go readline
+  ];
+
+  configureFlagsArray = [ "--with-openssl-lib=${openssl}/lib" ];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace 3rdParty/V8-3.31.74.1/build/gyp/gyp --replace /bin/bash ${bash}/bin/bash
+    substituteInPlace 3rdParty/etcd/build --replace /bin/bash ${bash}/bin/bash
+    '';
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb";
+    description = "A native multi-model database with flexible data models for documents, graphs, and key-values";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.flosse ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ab48e4e367aa..889e5a7ff8be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -544,6 +544,10 @@ let
 
   arandr = callPackage ../tools/X11/arandr { };
 
+  arangodb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/arangodb {
+    inherit (pythonPackages) gyp;
+  };
+
   arcanist = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/arcanist {};
 
   arduino = arduino-core.override { withGui = true; };