diff --git a/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..60903314bf13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, jansson
+, plugins
+, pam, withPAM ? stdenv.isLinux
+, systemd, withSystemd ? stdenv.isLinux
+, python2, python3, ncurses
+}:
+
+let pythonPlugin = pkg : { name = "python${if pkg ? isPy2 then "2" else "3"}";
+                           interpreter = pkg;
+                           path = "plugins/python";
+                           deps = [ pkg ncurses ];
+                           install = ''
+                             install -Dm644 uwsgidecorators.py $out/${pkg.sitePackages}/uwsgidecorators.py
+                             ${pkg.executable} -m compileall $out/${pkg.sitePackages}/
+                             ${pkg.executable} -O -m compileall $out/${pkg.sitePackages}/
+                           '';
+                         };
+    available = [ (pythonPlugin python2)
+                  (pythonPlugin python3)
+                ];
+     needed = builtins.filter (x: lib.any (y: x.name == y) plugins) available;
+in
+
+assert builtins.filter (x: lib.all (y: y.name != x) available) plugins == [];
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "uwsgi-2.0.9";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://projects.unbit.it/downloads/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "15c2j5myx1s54a1f6a7pjblvk7v96mz2kqlbj19mdfd8l2y8j17y";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 pkgconfig ];
+
+  buildInputs =  with stdenv.lib;
+                 [ jansson ]
+              ++ optional withPAM pam
+              ++ optional withSystemd systemd
+              ++ lib.concatMap (x: x.deps) needed
+              ;
+
+  basePlugins =  with stdenv.lib;
+                 concatStringsSep ","
+                 (  optional withPAM "pam"
+                 ++ optional withSystemd "systemd_logger"
+                 );
+
+  passthru = {
+    inherit python2 python3;
+  };
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    export pluginDir=$out/lib/uwsgi
+    substituteAll ${./nixos.ini} buildconf/nixos.ini
+  '';
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $pluginDir
+    python3 uwsgiconfig.py --build nixos
+    ${lib.concatMapStringsSep ";" (x: "${x.interpreter.interpreter} uwsgiconfig.py --plugin ${x.path} nixos ${x.name}") needed}
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -Dm755 uwsgi $out/bin/uwsgi
+    #cp *_plugin.so $pluginDir || true
+    ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (x: x.install) needed}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/;
+    description = "A fast, self-healing and developer/sysadmin-friendly application container server coded in pure C";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ abbradar ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/nixos.ini b/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/nixos.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..454eb51893fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/uwsgi/nixos.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[uwsgi]
+plugin_dir = @pluginDir@
+main_plugin = @basePlugins@
+json = true
+inherit = base
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 04a592a7e566..f3d670d6cc1b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2730,6 +2730,10 @@ let
 
   usbmuxd = callPackage ../tools/misc/usbmuxd {};
 
+  uwsgi = callPackage ../servers/uwsgi {
+    plugins = [];
+  };
+
   vacuum = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/vacuum {};
 
   volatility = callPackage ../tools/security/volatility { };