diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/apmplanner2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/apmplanner2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ae44418fff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/robotics/apmplanner2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qmake
+, qtbase, qtscript, qtwebkit, qtserialport, qtsvg, qtdeclarative, qtquickcontrols2
+, alsaLib, libsndfile, flite, openssl, udev, SDL2
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "apmplanner2-${version}";
+  version = "2.0.26";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ArduPilot";
+    repo = "apm_planner";
+    rev = "${version}";
+    sha256 = "0bnyi1r8k8ij5sq2zqv7mfbrxm0xdw97qrx3sk4rinqv2g6h6di4";
+  };
+
+  qtInputs = [
+    qtbase qtscript qtwebkit qtserialport qtsvg qtdeclarative qtquickcontrols2
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsaLib libsndfile flite openssl udev SDL2 ] ++ qtInputs;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake ];
+
+  qmakeFlags = [ "apm_planner.pro" ];
+
+  # this ugly hack is necessary, as `bin/apmplanner2` needs the contents of `share/APMPlanner2` inside of `bin/`
+  preFixup = "ln --relative --symbolic $out/share/APMPlanner2/* $out/bin/";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Ground station software for autonomous vehicles";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A GUI ground control station for autonomous vehicles using the MAVLink protocol.
+      Includes support for the APM and PX4 based controllers.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://ardupilot.org/planner2/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.wucke13 ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3cb04f97305c..1a97273a27ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21138,6 +21138,10 @@ with pkgs;
     withRootSupport = true;
   });
 
+  ### SCIENCE/ROBOTICS
+
+  apmplanner2 = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/science/robotics/apmplanner2 { };
+
   ### MISC
 
   android-file-transfer = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/filesystems/android-file-transfer { };