diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk_r8e.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk_r8e.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e04bbf0116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidndk_r8e.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, ncurses, lib, makeWrapper
+, coreutils, file, findutils, gawk, gnugrep, gnused, jdk, which
+, platformTools
+}:
+
+assert stdenv.isLinux;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "android-ndk-r8e";
+
+  src = if stdenv.system == "i686-linux"
+    then fetchurl {
+      url = "http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/${name}-linux-x86.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "c2c4e0c8b3037149a0f5dbb08d72f814a52af4da9fff9d80328c675457e95a98";
+    }
+    else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then fetchurl {
+      url = "http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/${name}-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "093gf55zbh38p2gk5bdykj1vg9p5l774wjdzw5mhk4144jm1wdq7";
+    }
+    else throw "platform ${stdenv.system} not supported!";
+
+  phases = "buildPhase";
+
+  buildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  buildCommand = let
+    bin_path = "$out/bin";
+    pkg_path = "$out/libexec/${name}";
+    sed_script_1 =
+      "'s|^PROGDIR=`dirname $0`" +
+      "|PROGDIR=`dirname $(readlink -f $(which $0))`|'";
+    sed_script_2 =
+      "'s|^MYNDKDIR=`dirname $0`" +
+      "|MYNDKDIR=`dirname $(readlink -f $(which $0))`|'";
+    runtime_paths = (lib.makeSearchPath "bin" [
+      coreutils file findutils
+      gawk gnugrep gnused
+      jdk
+      which
+    ]) + ":${platformTools}/platform-tools";
+  in ''
+    set -x
+    mkdir -pv $out/libexec
+    cd $out/libexec
+    tar -xjf $src
+
+    # so that it doesn't fail because of read-only permissions set
+    cd -
+    patch -p1 \
+        --no-backup-if-mismatch \
+        -d $out/libexec/${name} < ${ ./make-standalone-toolchain_r8e.patch }
+    cd ${pkg_path}
+
+    find $out \( \
+        \( -type f -a -name "*.so*" \) -o \
+        \( -type f -a -perm /0100 \) \
+        \) -exec patchelf --set-interpreter ${stdenv.cc.libc}/lib/ld-*so.? \
+                          --set-rpath ${zlib}/lib:${ncurses}/lib {} \;
+    # fix ineffective PROGDIR / MYNDKDIR determination
+    for i in ndk-build ndk-gdb ndk-gdb-py
+    do
+        sed -i -e ${sed_script_1} $i
+    done
+    sed -i -e ${sed_script_2} ndk-which
+    # a bash script
+    patchShebangs ndk-which
+    # make some executables available in PATH
+    mkdir -pv ${bin_path}
+    for i in \
+        ndk-build ndk-depends ndk-gdb ndk-gdb-py ndk-gdb.py ndk-stack ndk-which
+    do
+        ln -sf ${pkg_path}/$i ${bin_path}/$i
+    done
+    # wrap
+    for i in ndk-build ndk-gdb ndk-gdb-py ndk-which
+    do
+        wrapProgram "${bin_path}/$i" --prefix PATH : "${runtime_paths}"
+    done
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/default.nix
index 92259886d69..e99ab93b7ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/default.nix
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ rec {
     inherit (pkgs) coreutils file findutils gawk gnugrep gnused jdk which;
     inherit platformTools;
   };
+
+  androidndk_r8e = import ./androidndk_r8e.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl zlib ncurses lib makeWrapper;
+    inherit (pkgs) coreutils file findutils gawk gnugrep gnused jdk which;
+    inherit platformTools;
+  };
+
   
   buildApp = import ./build-app.nix {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv jdk ant gnumake gawk file which;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/make-standalone-toolchain_r8e.patch b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/make-standalone-toolchain_r8e.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a9f9a4a9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/make-standalone-toolchain_r8e.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -ru android-ndk-r8e.old/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh android-ndk-r8e/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh
+--- android-ndk-r8e.old/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh	2014-10-16 03:46:32.000000000 +0200
++++ android-ndk-r8e/build/tools/make-standalone-toolchain.sh	2014-10-24 23:46:22.544928306 +0200
+@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@
+ # Now copy the GCC toolchain prebuilt binaries
+ run copy_directory "$TOOLCHAIN_PATH" "$TMPDIR"
+ 
++# Making it writable again
++chmod -R +w "$TMPDIR"
++
+ if [ -n "$LLVM_VERSION" ]; then
+   # Copy the clang/llvm toolchain prebuilt binaries
+   run copy_directory "$LLVM_TOOLCHAIN_PATH" "$TMPDIR"