diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minc-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minc-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41813dcda14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/biology/minc-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, cmake, flex, bison, libminc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  _name = "minc-tools";
+  name  = "${_name}-2.3.00";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/BIC-MNI/${_name}/archive/${_name}-2-3-00.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1d457vrwy2fl6ga2axnwn1cchkx2rmgixfzyb1zjxb06cxkfj1dm";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake flex bison ] ++ (if doCheck then [ perl ] else [ ]);
+  buildInputs = [ libminc ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DLIBMINC_DIR=${libminc}/lib/" ];
+
+  checkPhase = "ctest";
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/BIC-MNI/minc-tools;
+    description = "Command-line utilities for working with MINC files";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libminc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libminc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..217ce20c6cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libminc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, zlib, netcdf, hdf5 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  _name = "libminc";
+  name  = "${_name}-2.3.00";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/BIC-MNI/${_name}/archive/${_name}-2-3-00.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "04ngqx4wkssxs9qqcgq2bvfs1cldcycmpcx587wy3b3m6lwf004c";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib netcdf hdf5 ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_TESTING=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}"
+                 "-DLIBMINC_MINC1_SUPPORT=ON" ];
+
+  checkPhase = "ctest";
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://github.com/BIC-MNI/libminc;
+    description = "Medical imaging library based on HDF5";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bcdarwin ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd7d2b60780..ffc27d76da5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7668,6 +7668,8 @@ let
 
   libmilter = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmilter { };
 
+  libminc = callPackage ../development/libraries/libminc { };
+
   libmkv = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmkv { };
 
   libmms = callPackage ../development/libraries/libmms { };
@@ -15179,6 +15181,8 @@ let
 
   mrbayes = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/mrbayes { };
 
+  minc_tools = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/minc-tools { };
+
   ncbi_tools = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/ncbi-tools { };
 
   paml = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/paml { };