diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/niftyreg/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/niftyreg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f24046b3bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/niftyreg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, cmake, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname   = "niftyreg";
+  version = "1.3.9";
+  name    = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/${pname}/nifty_reg-${version}/nifty_reg-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "07v9v9s41lvw72wpb1jgh2nzanyc994779bd35p76vg8mzifmprl";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://cmictig.cs.ucl.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/NiftyReg;
+    description = "Medical image registration software";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    license   = licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 476d3be90933..84d6af1aacbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21194,6 +21194,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ncbi_tools = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/ncbi-tools { };
 
+  niftyreg = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/niftyreg { };
+
   paml = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/paml { };
 
   picard-tools = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/picard-tools { };