diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/activator/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/activator/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72bed9d46ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/activator/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, jre }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "activator";
+  version = "1.3.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://downloads.typesafe.com/typesafe-${pname}/${version}/typesafe-${name}.zip";
+    sha256 = "0a6x4w63829fbp13gk1l37p6di11lfmgla26gqnr065vzpkg90y6";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip jre ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/{bin,lib}
+    mv repository $out/lib
+    sed -i -e "s,declare.*activator_home.*=.*,declare -r activator_home=$out/lib/,g" activator
+    mv activator $out/bin
+    mv activator-launch-${version}.jar $out/lib
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A scafollding tool for setting up reactive projects";
+    homepage = "http://typesafe.com/activator";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cda6163037fe..777eb394fb22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4974,6 +4974,8 @@ let
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / TOOLS
 
+  activator = callPackage ../development/tools/activator { };
+
   alloy = callPackage ../development/tools/alloy { };
 
   augeas = callPackage ../tools/system/augeas { };