diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/2/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/2/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/common.nix
similarity index 82%
rename from pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/common.nix
index 9c8a75320a61..7185a82a9601 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/common.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,39 @@
+{buildVersion, x32sha256, x64sha256}:
+
 { fetchurl, stdenv, glib, xorg, cairo, gtk2, pango, makeWrapper, openssl, bzip2,
   pkexecPath ? "/run/wrappers/bin/pkexec", libredirect,
-  gksuSupport ? false, gksu, unzip, zip, bash }:
+  gksuSupport ? false, gksu, unzip, zip, bash}:
 
 assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux" || stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
 assert gksuSupport -> gksu != null;
 
 let
-  build = "3143";
+
   libPath = stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [glib xorg.libX11 gtk2 cairo pango];
   redirects = [ "/usr/bin/pkexec=${pkexecPath}" ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional gksuSupport "/usr/bin/gksudo=${gksu}/bin/gksudo";
 in let
+  archSha256 =
+    if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then
+      x32sha256
+    else
+      x64sha256;
+
+  arch =
+    if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then
+      "x32"
+    else
+      "x64";
+
   # package with just the binaries
   sublime = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "sublimetext3-${build}-bin";
-
+    name = "sublimetext3-${buildVersion}-bin";
     src =
-      if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then
-        fetchurl {
-          name = "sublimetext-${build}.tar.bz2";
-          url = "https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_3_build_${build}_x32.tar.bz2";
-          sha256 = "0dgpx4wij2m77f478p746qadavab172166bghxmj7fb61nvw9v5i";
-        }
-      else
-        fetchurl {
-          name = "sublimetext-${build}.tar.bz2";
-          url = "https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_3_build_${build}_x64.tar.bz2";
-          sha256 = "06b554d2cvpxc976rvh89ix3kqc7klnngvk070xrs8wbyb221qcw";
-        };
+      fetchurl {
+        name = "sublimetext-${buildVersion}.tar.bz2";
+        url = "https://download.sublimetext.com/sublime_text_3_build_${buildVersion}_${arch}.tar.bz2";
+        sha256 = archSha256;
+      };
 
     dontStrip = true;
     dontPatchELF = true;
@@ -80,8 +86,8 @@ in let
       wrapProgram $out/plugin_host --prefix LD_PRELOAD : ${stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib${stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.is64bit "64"}/libgcc_s.so.1:${openssl.out}/lib/libssl.so:${bzip2.out}/lib/libbz2.so
     '';
   };
-in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "sublimetext3-${build}";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+  name = "sublimetext3-${buildVersion}";
 
   phases = [ "installPhase" ];
 
@@ -110,4 +116,4 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
     license = licenses.unfree;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
   };
-}
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/packages.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84394e85c885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/sublime/3/packages.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ callPackage }:
+
+let
+  common = opts: callPackage (import ./common.nix opts);
+in
+  rec {
+    sublime3-dev = common {
+      buildVersion = "3161";
+      x32sha256 = "0qrm2qmfsj71lr83c8zas2n3xk8hk9k4w8ygnasjhggmyjm3wy0q";
+      x64sha256 = "0cgadylm68s2jly10r038q1fvmbzmpc2nvqy86vlyq9avgqbm5pc";
+    } {};
+
+    sublime3 = common {
+      buildVersion = "3143";
+      x32sha256 = "0dgpx4wij2m77f478p746qadavab172166bghxmj7fb61nvw9v5i";
+      x64sha256 = "06b554d2cvpxc976rvh89ix3kqc7klnngvk070xrs8wbyb221qcw";    
+    } {};
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eba05ff31a3a..73800bf0f62a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17824,9 +17824,11 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit sbcl lispPackages;
   };
 
-  sublime = callPackage ../applications/editors/sublime { };
+  sublime3Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/editors/sublime/3/packages.nix { });
 
-  sublime3 = lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/editors/sublime3 { });
+  sublime3 = sublime3Packages.sublime3;
+
+  sublime3-dev = sublime3Packages.sublime3-dev;
 
   inherit (callPackages ../applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix {
       bdbSupport = true;