diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/adobe-flex-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/adobe-flex-sdk/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1512ef396558..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/adobe-flex-sdk/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "adobe-flex-sdk-4.0.0.14159";
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    # This is the open source distribution
-    url = http://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/flex/sdk/builds/flex4/flex_sdk_4.0.0.14159_mpl.zip;
-    sha256 = "1x12sji6g42bm1h7jndkda5vpah6vnkpc13qwq0c4xvbsh8757v5";
-  };
-
-  phases = "installPhase";
-
-  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
-
-  # Why do shell scripts have \r\n ??
-  # moving to /opt because jdk has lib/xercesImpl.jar as well
-  installPhase = ''
-    unzip ${src}
-    t=$out/opt/flex-sdk
-    mkdir -p $t $out/bin
-    mv * $t
-    rm $t/bin/*.exe $t/bin/*.bat
-    sed 's/
$//' -i $t/bin/*
-    for i in $t/bin/*; do
-      b="$(basename "$i")";
-    cat > "$out/bin/$b" << EOF
-    #!/bin/sh
-    exec $t/bin/$b "\$@"
-    EOF
-      chmod +x $out/bin/$b $t/bin/$b
-    done
-  '';
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "Flex SDK for Adobe Flash / ActionScript";
-    homepage = "https://www.adobe.com/products/flex.html";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mpl11;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/apache-flex-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/apache-flex-sdk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8759ec073b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/apache-flex-sdk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, jre }:
+
+let
+  playerglobal_ver = "27.0";
+  playerglobal = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/updaters/27/playerglobal27_0.swc";
+    sha256 = "0qw2bgls8qsmp80j8vpd4c7s0c8anlrk0ac8z42w89bajcdbwk2f";
+  };
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "apache-flex-sdk-${version}";
+  version = "4.16.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.apache.org/dist/flex/${version}/binaries/${name}-bin.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "13iq16dqvgcpb0p35x66hzxsq5pkbr2lbwr766nnqiryinnagz8p";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ jre ];
+
+  buildPhase = ":";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    shopt -s extglob
+    for i in bin/!(aasdoc|acompc|amxmlc); do
+      substituteInPlace $i --replace "java " "${jre}/bin/java "
+    done
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    t=$out/opt/apache-flex-sdk
+    mkdir -p $t $out/bin
+    mv * $t
+    rm $t/bin/*.bat
+    ln -s $t/bin/* $out/bin/
+
+    for i in $out/bin/!(aasdoc|acompc|amxmlc); do
+      wrapProgram $i \
+        --set FLEX_HOME $t \
+        --set PLAYERGLOBAL_HOME $t/frameworks/libs/player/ 
+    done
+
+    mkdir -p $t/frameworks/libs/player/${playerglobal_ver}/
+    cp ${playerglobal} $t/frameworks/libs/player/${playerglobal_ver}/playerglobal.swc
+  '';
+  
+  fixupPhase = ":";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Flex SDK for Adobe Flash / ActionScript";
+    homepage = "https://flex.apache.org/";
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ dywedir ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 458250acce64..f310fd156c33 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ mapAliases (rec {
   QmidiNet = qmidinet;  # added 2016-05-22
   accounts-qt = libsForQt5.accounts-qt; # added 2015-12-19
   adobeReader = adobe-reader; # added 2013-11-04
+  adobe_flex_sdk = apache-flex-sdk; # added 2018-06-01
   ag = silver-searcher; # added 2018-04-25
   aircrackng = aircrack-ng; # added 2016-01-14
   ammonite-repl = ammonite; # added 2017-05-02
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 872266a7a7c9..893bdb31d68f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6119,7 +6119,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   elmPackages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../development/compilers/elm { });
 
-  adobe_flex_sdk = callPackage ../development/compilers/adobe-flex-sdk { };
+  apache-flex-sdk = callPackage ../development/compilers/apache-flex-sdk { };
 
   fpc = callPackage ../development/compilers/fpc { };