diff --git a/packages/nim/build.sh b/packages/nim/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f63ddb36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nim/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://nim-lang.org/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Nim programming language compiler"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.19.0
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://nim-lang.org/download/nim-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.xz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=a1996347253c590de42f6e36e33bd1d5ec7479c0aa013769b92deef802df3c2e
+TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=yes
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="git, clang, libandroid-glob"
+
+termux_step_host_build() {
+	cp ../src/* -r ./
+	make -j $TERMUX_MAKE_PROCESSES CC=gcc LD=gcc
+}
+
+termux_step_make() {
+	 if [ $TERMUX_ARCH = "x86_64" ]; then
+		export	NIM_ARCH=amd64
+	elif [ $TERMUX_ARCH = "i686" ]; then
+		export	NIM_ARCH=i386
+	elif [ $TERMUX_ARCH = "aarch64" ]; then
+	# -Oz breaks aarch64 build
+		CFLAGS+=" -Os"
+		export	NIM_ARCH=arm64
+	else 
+		export NIM_ARCH=arm
+	fi
+	LDFLAGS+=" -landroid-glob"
+	sed -i "s%\@CC\@%${CC}%g"  config/nim.cfg
+	sed -i "s%\@CFLAGS\@%${CFLAGS}%g" config/nim.cfg
+	sed -i "s%\@LDFLAGS\@%${LDFLAGS}%g" config/nim.cfg
+	sed -i "s%\@CPPFLAGS\@%${CPPFLAGS}%g" config/nim.cfg	
+	
+	find -name "stdlib_osproc.c" | xargs -n 1 sed -i 's',"/system/bin/sh\"\,\ 14","/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/sh\"\,\ 38",'g'
+	PATH=$TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/bin:$PATH
+
+	if [ $NIM_ARCH = "amd64" ]; then
+		sed -i 's/arm64/amd64/g' makefile
+	fi
+	export CFLAGS=" $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS  -w  -fno-strict-aliasing"
+	make LD=$CC uos=linux mycpu=$NIM_ARCH myos=android  -j $TERMUX_MAKE_PROCESSES useShPath=$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sh  
+	cp config/nim.cfg ../host-build/config
+	
+	nim --opt:size --define:termux -d:release --os:android --cpu:$NIM_ARCH  -t:-I/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/include -l:"-L/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib -landroid-glob" c koch.nim
+	cd dist/nimble/src
+	nim --define:termux -d:release --os:android --cpu:$NIM_ARCH  -t:-I/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/include -l:"-L/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib -landroid-glob" c nimble.nim
+}
+termux_step_make_install() {
+	./install.sh $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib
+	cp koch $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/nim/bin
+	cp dist/nimble/src/nimble $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/nim/bin 
+	ln -sf $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/nim/bin/nim $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/
+	ln -sf $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/nim/bin/koch $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/
+	ln -sf $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/nim/bin/nimble $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/
+}
diff --git a/packages/nim/installer.ini.patch b/packages/nim/installer.ini.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..212917442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nim/installer.ini.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- ./compiler/installer.a.ini	2018-11-20 22:15:41.349488361 +0000
++++ ./compiler/installer.ini	2018-11-20 22:14:38.431003964 +0000
+@@ -5,17 +5,8 @@
+ Name: "Nim"
+ Version: "$version"
+ Platforms: """
+-  windows: i386;amd64
+-  linux: i386;amd64;powerpc64;arm;sparc;mips;mipsel;mips64;mips64el;powerpc;powerpc64el;arm64;riscv64
+-  macosx: i386;amd64;powerpc64
+-  solaris: i386;amd64;sparc;sparc64
+-  freebsd: i386;amd64
+-  netbsd: i386;amd64
+-  openbsd: i386;amd64
+-  dragonfly: i386;amd64
+-  haiku: i386;amd64
+-  android: i386;arm;arm64
+-  nintendoswitch: arm64
++  linux: i386;amd64;arm;arm64
++  android: i386;amd64;arm;arm64
+ """
+ 
+ Authors: "Andreas Rumpf"
diff --git a/packages/nim/osproc.nim.patch b/packages/nim/osproc.nim.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cae6dada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nim/osproc.nim.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./lib/pure/osproc.a.nim	2018-11-20 22:10:39.892888610 +0000
++++ ./lib/pure/osproc.nim	2018-11-20 22:11:48.031167863 +0000
+@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
+     if poEvalCommand in options:
+       const useShPath {.strdefine.} =
+         when not defined(android): "/bin/sh"
+-        else: "/system/bin/sh"
++        else: "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/bin/sh"
+       sysCommand = useShPath
+       sysArgsRaw = @[sysCommand, "-c", command]
+       assert args.len == 0, "`args` has to be empty when using poEvalCommand."
diff --git a/packages/nim/posix.nim.patch.beforehostbuild b/packages/nim/posix.nim.patch.beforehostbuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f49c61202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nim/posix.nim.patch.beforehostbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./lib/posix/posix.a.nim 2018-11-20 22:08:36.965187234 +0000
++++ ./lib/posix/posix.nim   2018-11-20 22:07:25.911639450 +0000
+@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
+
+ # Platform specific stuff
+
+-when defined(linux) and defined(amd64):
++when defined(linux) and defined(amd64) and not defined(android):
+   include posix_linux_amd64
+ elif defined(nintendoswitch):
+   include posix_nintendoswitch