diff --git a/pkgs/data/machine-learning/mnist/default.nix b/pkgs/data/machine-learning/mnist/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..26b06b4e652e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/machine-learning/mnist/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{ stdenvNoCC, fetchurl }:
+let
+  srcs = {
+    train-images = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/train-images-idx3-ubyte.gz";
+      sha256 = "029na81z5a1c9l1a8472dgshami6f2iixs3m2ji6ym6cffzwl3s4";
+    };
+    train-labels = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/train-labels-idx1-ubyte.gz";
+      sha256 = "0p152200wwx0w65sqb65grb3v8ncjp230aykmvbbx2sm19556lim";
+    };
+    test-images = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/t10k-images-idx3-ubyte.gz";
+      sha256 = "1rn4vfigaxn2ms24bf4jwzzflgp3hvz0gksvb8j7j70w19xjqhld";
+    };
+    test-labels = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/t10k-labels-idx1-ubyte.gz";
+      sha256 = "1imf0i194ndjxzxdx87zlgn728xx3p1qhq1ssbmnvv005vwn1bpp";
+    };
+  };
+in
+  stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "mnist-${version}";
+    version = "2018-11-16";
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      ln -s "${srcs.train-images}" "$out/${srcs.train-images.name}"
+      ln -s "${srcs.train-labels}" "$out/${srcs.train-labels.name}"
+      ln -s "${srcs.test-images}" "$out/${srcs.test-images.name}"
+      ln -s "${srcs.test-labels}" "$out/${srcs.test-labels.name}"
+    '';
+    phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+    meta = with stdenvNoCC.lib; {
+      description = "A large database of handwritten digits";
+      longDescription = ''
+        The MNIST database (Modified National Institute of Standards and
+        Technology database) is a large database of handwritten digits that is
+        commonly used for training various image processing systems.
+      '';
+      homepage = http://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/index.html;
+      license = licenses.cc-by-sa-30;
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ cmcdragonkai ];
+    };
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index be30a885759a..ecf3716e9263 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15404,6 +15404,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   medio = callPackage ../data/fonts/medio { };
 
+  mnist = callPackage ../data/machine-learning/mnist { };
+
   mobile-broadband-provider-info = callPackage ../data/misc/mobile-broadband-provider-info { };
 
   monoid = callPackage ../data/fonts/monoid { };