diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/repseek/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/repseek/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5966c83b7a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/repseek/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "repseek";
+  version = "9Sep2014";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://bioinfo.mnhn.fr/abi/public/RepSeek/RepSeek.${version}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "1jiknji3ivrv7zmrfbf2mccfpdwhin3lfxfsciaqwf69b3sda8nf";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace "INSTALLDIR = \$\$HOME/bin" "INSTALLDIR = $out/bin/" \
+      --replace "CC= gcc" "CC = $CC"
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace "MACHINE = MACOSX" "MACHINE = LINUX"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Tool to retrieve approximate repeats from large DNA sequences";
+    homepage = "https://bioinfo.mnhn.fr/abi/public/RepSeek";
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.bzizou ];
+    license = lib.licenses.lgpl21;
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 656065e2ea69..55d773fbe0e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9259,6 +9259,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   rep = callPackage ../development/tools/rep { };
 
+  repseek = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/repseek { };
+
   reicast = callPackage ../misc/emulators/reicast { };
 
   reredirect = callPackage ../tools/misc/reredirect { };