2 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jffi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jffi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c15a6ddb819c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/jffi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, jdk, jre, ant, libffi, texinfo, pkg-config }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "jffi";
+  version = "1.3.9";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jnr";
+    repo = "jffi";
+    rev = "jffi-${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-VjZYhMbad+AesANG06umRzqMWj+Ebzu59TYK7Tm/bFo=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ jdk ant texinfo pkg-config ];
+  buildInputs = [ libffi ] ;
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    # The pkg-config script in the build.xml doesn't work propery
+    # set the lib path manually to work around this.
+    export LIBFFI_LIBS="${libffi}/lib/libffi.so"
+
+    ant -Duse.system.libffi=1 jar
+    ant -Duse.system.libffi=1 archive-platform-jar
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/java
+    cp -r dist/* $out/share/java
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    # The pkg-config script in the build.xml doesn't work propery
+    # set the lib path manually to work around this.
+    export LIBFFI_LIBS="${libffi}/lib/libffi.so"
+
+    ant -Duse.system.libffi=1 test
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Java Foreign Function Interface ";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jnr/jffi";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bachp ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 75b6c9ed0ffa3..144828f6258b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20950,6 +20950,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   jdom = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/jdom { };
 
+  jffi = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/jffi { };
+
   jflex = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/jflex { };
 
   lombok = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/lombok { };