diff --git a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
index aac86087f9e..ffe8fbf2c00 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/misc/ids.nix
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
       jenkins = 109;
       systemd-journal-gateway = 110;
       #notbit = 111; # unused
+      aerospike = 111;
       ngircd = 112;
       btsync = 113;
       minecraft = 114;
@@ -436,6 +437,7 @@
       jenkins = 109;
       systemd-journal-gateway = 110;
       #notbit = 111; # unused
+      aerospike = 111;
       #ngircd = 112; # unused
       btsync = 113;
       #minecraft = 114; # unused
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index cf30fc693fc..7bbf942b6a3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
   ./services/continuous-integration/jenkins/slave.nix
   ./services/databases/4store-endpoint.nix
   ./services/databases/4store.nix
+  ./services/databases/aerospike.nix
   ./services/databases/clickhouse.nix
   ./services/databases/couchdb.nix
   ./services/databases/firebird.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/aerospike.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/aerospike.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f33164998b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/aerospike.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+with lib;
+
+let
+
+  cfg = config.services.aerospike;
+
+  aerospikeConf = pkgs.writeText "aerospike.conf" ''
+    # This stanza must come first.
+    service {
+      user aerospike
+      group aerospike
+      paxos-single-replica-limit 1 # Number of nodes where the replica count is automatically reduced to 1.
+      proto-fd-max 15000
+      work-directory ${cfg.workDir}
+    }
+    logging {
+      console {
+        context any info
+      }
+    }
+    mod-lua {
+      system-path ${cfg.package}/share/udf/lua
+      user-path ${cfg.workDir}/udf/lua
+    }
+    network {
+      ${cfg.networkConfig}
+    }
+    ${cfg.extraConfig}
+  '';
+
+in
+
+{
+
+  ###### interface
+
+  options = {
+
+    services.aerospike = {
+      enable = mkEnableOption "Aerospike server";
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        default = pkgs.aerospike;
+        type = types.package;
+        description = "Which Aerospike derivation to use";
+      };
+
+      workDir = mkOption {
+        type = types.str;
+        default = "/var/lib/aerospike";
+        description = "Location where Aerospike stores its files";
+      };
+
+      networkConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = ''
+          service {
+            address any
+            port 3000
+          }
+
+          heartbeat {
+            address any
+            mode mesh
+            port 3002
+            interval 150
+            timeout 10
+          }
+
+          fabric {
+            address any
+            port 3001
+          }
+
+          info {
+            address any
+            port 3003
+          }
+        '';
+        description = "network section of configuration file";
+      };
+
+      extraConfig = mkOption {
+        type = types.lines;
+        default = "";
+        example = ''
+          namespace test {
+            replication-factor 2
+            memory-size 4G
+            default-ttl 30d
+            storage-engine memory
+          }
+        '';
+        description = "Extra configuration";
+      };
+    };
+
+  };
+
+
+  ###### implementation
+
+  config = mkIf config.services.aerospike.enable {
+
+    users.users.aerospike = {
+      name = "aerospike";
+      group = "aerospike";
+      uid = config.ids.uids.aerospike;
+      description = "Aerospike server user";
+    };
+    users.groups.aerospike.gid = config.ids.gids.aerospike;
+
+    systemd.services.aerospike = rec {
+      description = "Aerospike server";
+
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "network.target" ];
+
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/asd --fgdaemon --config-file ${aerospikeConf}";
+        User = "aerospike";
+        Group = "aerospike";
+        LimitNOFILE = 100000;
+        PermissionsStartOnly = true;
+      };
+
+      preStart = ''
+        if [ $(echo "$(${pkgs.procps}/bin/sysctl -n kernel.shmall) < 4294967296" | ${pkgs.bc}/bin/bc) == "1"  ]; then
+          echo "kernel.shmall too low, setting to 4G pages"
+          ${pkgs.procps}/bin/sysctl -w kernel.shmall=4294967296
+        fi
+        if [ $(echo "$(${pkgs.procps}/bin/sysctl -n kernel.shmmax) < 1073741824" | ${pkgs.bc}/bin/bc) == "1"  ]; then
+          echo "kernel.shmmax too low, setting to 1GB"
+          ${pkgs.procps}/bin/sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=1073741824
+        fi
+        if [ $(echo "$(cat /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max) < 15728640" | ${pkgs.bc}/bin/bc) == "1" ]; then
+          echo "increasing socket buffer limit (/proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max): $(cat /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max) -> 15728640"
+          echo 15728640 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
+        fi
+        if [ $(echo "$(cat /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max) <  5242880" | ${pkgs.bc}/bin/bc) == "1"  ]; then
+          echo "increasing socket buffer limit (/proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max): $(cat /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max) -> 5242880"
+          echo  5242880 > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
+        fi
+        install -d -m0700 -o ${serviceConfig.User} -g ${serviceConfig.Group} "${cfg.workDir}"
+        install -d -m0700 -o ${serviceConfig.User} -g ${serviceConfig.Group} "${cfg.workDir}/smd"
+        install -d -m0700 -o ${serviceConfig.User} -g ${serviceConfig.Group} "${cfg.workDir}/udf"
+        install -d -m0700 -o ${serviceConfig.User} -g ${serviceConfig.Group} "${cfg.workDir}/udf/lua"
+      '';
+    };
+
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/aerospike/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/aerospike/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4426128dafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/aerospike/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, openssl, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "aerospike-server-${version}";
+  version = "4.2.0.4";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "aerospike";
+    repo = "aerospike-server";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1vqi3xir4l57v62q1ns3713vajxffs6crss8fpvbcs57p7ygx3s7";
+    fetchSubmodules = true;
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl zlib ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    patchShebangs build/gen_version
+    substituteInPlace build/gen_version --replace 'git describe' 'echo ${version}'
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/udf
+    cp      target/Linux-x86_64/bin/asd $out/bin/asd
+    cp -dpR modules/lua-core/src        $out/share/udf/lua
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Flash-optimized, in-memory, NoSQL database";
+    homepage = http://aerospike.com/;
+    license = licenses.agpl3;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainer = with maintainers; [ kalbasit ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0e71563ba47..e0e4bfd4043 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ with pkgs;
     portaudioSupport  = config.aegisub.portaudioSupport or false;
   };
 
+  aerospike = callPackage ../servers/nosql/aerospike { };
+
   aespipe = callPackage ../tools/security/aespipe { };
 
   aescrypt = callPackage ../tools/misc/aescrypt { };