diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/jdownloader2/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/jdownloader2/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5ed5cb5714f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/jdownloader2/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, writeScript, makeDesktopItem, copyDesktopItems, jre, imagemagick, coreutils }:
+
+let
+
+  icon = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://jdownloader.org/_media/vote/trazo.png";
+    sha256 = "3ebab992e7dd04ffcb6c30fee1a7e2b43f3537cb2b22124b30325d25bffdac29";
+  };
+
+  wrapper = writeScript "jdownloader" ''
+    #! ${stdenv.shell}
+    PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [ jre coreutils ]}
+    JDJAR=''${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/jdownloader/JDownloader.jar
+    dir=`dirname "$0"`
+    if [ ! -f ''${JDJAR} ]; then
+        install -Dm755 $dir/JDownloader.jar ''${JDJAR}
+    fi
+    ${jre}/bin/java -jar ''${JDJAR} "''${@}"
+  '';
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "jdownloader2";
+  version = "2.0";
+
+  #there is no https endpoint for this domain
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://archive.org/download/jdownloader_202109/JDownloader.jar";
+    sha256 = "9951b786e24fc3777a0df0a7b516ba53d0c8e778d6a69ebc29dcff86ee6b5829";
+  };
+
+  dontUnpack = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ imagemagick copyDesktopItems ];
+
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "JDownloader 2";
+      exec = wrapper;
+      icon = "jdownloader";
+      comment = "Free, open-source download management tool.";
+      desktopName = "JDownloader 2";
+      genericName = "JDownloader 2";
+      categories = "Network;";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/bin $out/share/applications
+    cp ${src} $out/bin/JDownloader.jar
+
+    # create icons
+    for size in 16 32 48 64 72 96 128 192 512 1024; do
+      mkdir -p $out/share/icons/hicolor/"$size"x"$size"/apps
+      convert -resize "$size"x"$size" \
+        ${icon} \
+        $out/share/icons/hicolor/"$size"x"$size"/apps/jdownloader.png
+    done
+  '';
+
+  # Some easy metadata, in case I forget.
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://jdownloader.org/";
+    description = "Free, open-source download management tool";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ remgodow ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 748f70eefeef8..a2da6eb47e016 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25652,6 +25652,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dupd = callPackage ../tools/misc/dupd { };
 
+  jdownloader2 = callPackage ../applications/networking/jdownloader2 { };
+
   jdupes = callPackage ../tools/misc/jdupes { };
 
   jed = callPackage ../applications/editors/jed { };