diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/robotics/ispike/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/robotics/ispike/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f2263d821d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/robotics/ispike/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, boost
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ispike-${version}";
+  version = "2.1.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/ispike/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0khrxp43bi5kisr8j4lp9fl4r5marzf7b4inys62ac108sfb28lp";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake boost ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Spiking neural interface between iCub and a spiking neural simulator";
+    homepage = https://sourceforge.net/projects/ispike/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl3;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.nico202 ];
+  };
+
+  
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d4ce1154dcf2..b4d1ee65b6cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2021,6 +2021,8 @@ in
   isl_0_14 = callPackage ../development/libraries/isl/0.14.1.nix { };
   isl_0_15 = callPackage ../development/libraries/isl/0.15.0.nix { };
 
+  ispike = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/robotics/ispike { };
+
   isync = callPackage ../tools/networking/isync { };
   isyncUnstable = callPackage ../tools/networking/isync/unstable.nix { };