diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/ess/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/ess/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4bd5148b9508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-modes/ess/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, emacs, texinfo }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ess-13.05";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ess.r-project.org/downloads/ess/ess-13.05.tgz";
+    sha256 = "007rd8hg1aclr2i8178ym5c4bi7vgmwkp802v1mkgr85h50zlfdk";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ emacs texinfo ];
+
+  configurePhase = "makeFlags=PREFIX=$out";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Emacs Speaks Statistics";
+    homepage = "http://ess.r-project.org/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8b7ff569bba7..5b8ba8ca611f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7105,6 +7105,8 @@ let
 
     emms = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/emms { };
 
+    ess = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/ess { };
+
     flymakeCursor = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/flymake-cursor { };
 
     gh = callPackage ../applications/editors/emacs-modes/gh { };