diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/5.x.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/5.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba97587c5af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/5.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{ stdenv, libXScrnSaver, makeWrapper, fetchurl, unzip, atomEnv, libuuid, at-spi2-atk, at-spi2-core }:
+
+let
+  version = "5.0.0";
+  name = "electron-${version}";
+
+  throwSystem = throw "Unsupported system: ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Cross platform desktop application shell";
+    homepage = https://github.com/electron/electron;
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ travisbhartwell manveru ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" "x86_64-linux" "i686-linux" "armv7l-linux" "aarch64-linux" ];
+  };
+
+  linux = {
+    inherit name version meta;
+    src = {
+      i686-linux = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-linux-ia32.zip";
+        sha256 = "01320qv0x18rmjn6ibbs49pd04d58rz5dac509lxxay8nfb14gdp";
+      };
+      x86_64-linux = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-linux-x64.zip";
+        sha256 = "0mkc8r5xggkzdypyq4hxigmjl6d1jn0139l8nwj1vr224ggnskhn";
+      };
+      armv7l-linux = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-linux-armv7l.zip";
+        sha256 = "1w767yxm3b6sj52z0wnzr4vfn0m8n2jdjhj3ksmq6qrv401vvib3";
+      };
+      aarch64-linux = fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-linux-arm64.zip";
+        sha256 = "1nvpfkrizkmr6xxb2ls19p9mhgpms65ws09bx3l8sqq6275916jk";
+      };
+    }.${stdenv.hostPlatform.system} or throwSystem;
+
+    buildInputs = [ unzip makeWrapper ];
+
+    buildCommand = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/electron $out/bin
+      unzip -d $out/lib/electron $src
+      ln -s $out/lib/electron/electron $out/bin
+
+      fixupPhase
+
+      patchelf \
+        --set-interpreter "$(cat $NIX_CC/nix-support/dynamic-linker)" \
+        --set-rpath "${atomEnv.libPath}:${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libuuid at-spi2-atk at-spi2-core ]}:$out/lib/electron" \
+        $out/lib/electron/electron
+
+      wrapProgram $out/lib/electron/electron \
+        --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ libXScrnSaver ]}/libXss.so.1
+    '';
+  };
+
+  darwin = {
+    inherit name version meta;
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${version}/electron-v${version}-darwin-x64.zip";
+      sha256 = "07s2cq4ffpx86pjxrh1hcvk3r85saxqi3kkbbfkg9r1bbq8zbapm";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ unzip ];
+
+    buildCommand = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/Applications
+      unzip $src
+      mv Electron.app $out/Applications
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
+      ln -s $out/Applications/Electron.app/Contents/MacOs/Electron $out/bin/electron
+    '';
+  };
+in
+
+  stdenv.mkDerivation (if stdenv.isDarwin then darwin else linux)
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 959f1aa250e6..a1c9b89c7846 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8591,9 +8591,12 @@ in
 
   awf = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/awf { };
 
-  electron = callPackage ../development/tools/electron { };
+  electron_5 = callPackage ../development/tools/electron/5.x.nix { };
+
+  electron_4 = callPackage ../development/tools/electron { };
 
   electron_3 = callPackage ../development/tools/electron/3.x.nix { };
+  electron = electron_4;
 
   autobuild = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/autobuild { };