diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/subread/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/subread/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..431bd3788e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/subread/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, zlib
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "subread";
+  version = "2.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/subread/subread-${version}/subread-${version}-source.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Vs7zovkU1DJxMGnVwoL0iDHDoezIlDKtVYDKoyKl9Ws=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    zlib
+  ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    cd src
+    cp Makefile.${if stdenv.isLinux then "Linux" else "MacOS"} Makefile
+  '';
+
+  makeFlags = [ "CC_EXEC=cc" ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir $out
+    cp -r ../bin $out
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "High-performance read alignment, quantification and mutation discovery";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jbedo ];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-darwin" "x86_64-linux" ];
+    homepage = "http://subread.sourceforge.net/";
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0d9f1c1e00ac..8dbe51b68cf2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31570,6 +31570,8 @@ with pkgs;
   sage = callPackage ../applications/science/math/sage { };
   sageWithDoc = sage.override { withDoc = true; };
 
+  subread = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/subread { };
+
   suitesparse_4_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/4.2.nix { };
   suitesparse_4_4 = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/4.4.nix {};
   suitesparse_5_3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse {};