diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi/0001-strip-bin-prefix.patch b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi/0001-strip-bin-prefix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cef96ea1408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi/0001-strip-bin-prefix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+diff --git a/scripts/makedbh b/scripts/makedbh
+index 01e4fa5..d6299c6 100755
+--- a/scripts/makedbh
++++ b/scripts/makedbh
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/bin/csh -f
++#!/usr/bin/env tcsh
+ #
+ # makes the "database.h" (1st argument, $1) file from "database.h.in"
+ # (2nd argument, $2), setting various mask operation definitions
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi/0002-fix-format-security.patch b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi/0002-fix-format-security.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37ae35195503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi/0002-fix-format-security.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/database/DBio.c b/database/DBio.c
+index 93c4b0b..292ea5f 100644
+--- a/database/DBio.c
++++ b/database/DBio.c
+@@ -2378,12 +2378,12 @@ DBCellWriteFile(cellDef, f)
+ 
+ #define FPRINTF(f,s)\
+ {\
+-     if (fprintf(f,s) == EOF) goto ioerror;\
++     if (fprintf(f,"%s",s) == EOF) goto ioerror;\
+      DBFileOffset += strlen(s);\
+ }
+ #define FPRINTR(f,s)\
+ {\
+-     if (fprintf(f,s) == EOF) return 1;\
++     if (fprintf(f,"%s",s) == EOF) return 1;\
+      DBFileOffset += strlen(s);\
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62b830547e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, m4, tcsh, libX11, tcl, tk, cairo, ncurses, mesa_glu, python3 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "magic-vlsi";
+  version = "8.3.5";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://opencircuitdesign.com/magic/archive/magic-8.3.5.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0wv4zmxlqjfaakgp802icn0cd9f8ylkz2sppix83axq8p5cg90yq";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ m4 tcsh libX11 tcl tk cairo ncurses mesa_glu ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 ];
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-tcl=${tcl}"
+    "--with-tk=${tk}"
+    "--disable-werror"
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs scripts/*
+  '';
+
+  patches = [
+    ./0001-strip-bin-prefix.patch
+    ./0002-fix-format-security.patch
+  ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "VLSI layout tool written in Tcl";
+    homepage = "http://opencircuitdesign.com/magic/";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.dkudriavtsev ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b884fd256f43..3b4479b5f55a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3066,6 +3066,8 @@ in
 
   kramdown-asciidoc = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/kramdown-asciidoc { };
 
+  magic-vlsi = callPackage ../applications/science/electronics/magic-vlsi { };
+
   mcrcon = callPackage ../tools/networking/mcrcon {};
 
   rage = callPackage ../tools/security/rage {