diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7b8aca2ff5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, zlib }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name    = "bwa-${version}";
+  version = "0.7.15";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner  = "lh3";
+    repo   = "bwa";
+    rev    = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "1aasdr3lik42gafi9lds7xw0wgv8ijjll1g32d7jm04pp235c7nl";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp bwa $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A software package for mapping low-divergent sequences against a large reference genome, such as the human genome";
+    license     = licenses.gpl3;
+    homepage    = http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ luispedro ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4446520d178a..3097ac832654 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15951,6 +15951,7 @@ in
 
   samtools = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/samtools/default.nix { };
 
+  bwa = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/bwa/default.nix { };
 
   ### SCIENCE/MATH