diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
index 87945988321b..4b7571b419fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
@@ -94,5 +94,7 @@ rec {
   parity-beta = callPackage ./parity/beta.nix { };
   parity-ui = callPackage ./parity-ui { };
 
+  polkadot = callPackage ./polkadot { };
+
   particl-core = callPackage ./particl/particl-core.nix { miniupnpc = miniupnpc_2; };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/polkadot/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/polkadot/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d4e0417cde7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/polkadot/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, rustPlatform
+, pkgconfig
+, openssl
+}:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "polkadot-${version}";
+  version = "0.2.17";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "paritytech";
+    repo = "substrate";
+    rev = "19f4f4d4df3bb266086b4e488739f73d3d5e588c";
+    sha256 = "0v7g03rbml2afw0splmyjh9nqpjg0ldjw09hyc0jqd3qlhgxiiyj";
+  }; 
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0wwkaxqj2v5zach5xcqfzf6prc0gxy2v47janglp44xbxbx9xk08";
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig openssl openssl.dev ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Polkadot Node Implementation";
+    homepage = http://polkadot.network;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.akru ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac0cd7c194bf..770cd9e34c4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15899,6 +15899,8 @@ in
   parity-beta = res.altcoins.parity-beta;
   parity-ui = res.altcoins.parity-ui;
 
+  polkadot = res.altcoins.polkadot;
+
   stellar-core = res.altcoins.stellar-core;
 
   particl-core = res.altcoins.particl-core;