diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/st/strobealign/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/st/strobealign/package.nix
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+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  cmake,
+  pkg-config,
+  isa-l,
+  zlib,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation (self: {
+  pname = "strobealign";
+  version = "0.16.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "ksahlin";
+    repo = "strobealign";
+    tag = "v${self.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-RZxIT6iwanRuPk2sWv/QRkUaPMdterOKCo30FPZHC8o=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    zlib
+    isa-l
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Read aligner for short reads";
+    mainProgram = "strobealign";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/ksahlin/strobealign";
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jbedo ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+  };
+})