diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/javacc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/javacc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d074e3dda93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/javacc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, ant, jdk }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "javacc";
+  version = "7.0.10";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = pname;
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "${pname}-${version}";
+    sha256 = "120jva4sw1kylkwgqf869zxddss01mcn1nmimx9vmd4xaadz7cf2";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ ant jdk ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    ant jar
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/target
+    mv scripts $out/bin
+    mv target/javacc.jar $out/target/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://javacc.github.io/javacc";
+    description = "A parser generator for building parsers from grammars";
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    maintainers = [ teams.deshaw.members ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f1787d55a05..d580731014e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12249,6 +12249,10 @@ in
 
   jam = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/jam { };
 
+  javacc = callPackage ../development/tools/parsing/javacc {
+    jdk = jdk8;
+  };
+
   jbake = callPackage ../development/tools/jbake { };
 
   jbang = callPackage ../development/tools/jbang { };