diff --git a/gnu/packages/compression.scm b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
index de6d5b9093..00dff2747e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/compression.scm
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix git-download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system ant)
   #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system perl)
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
   #:use-module (gnu packages curl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages file)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages java)
   #:use-module (gnu packages maths)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
@@ -1082,6 +1084,126 @@ for most inputs, but the resulting compressed files are anywhere from 20% to
 100% bigger.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
+(define bitshuffle-for-snappy
+  (package
+    (inherit bitshuffle)
+    (name "bitshuffle-for-snappy")
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:tests? #f
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'configure
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (with-output-to-file "Makefile"
+               (lambda _
+                 (display
+                   (string-append
+                     "libbitshuffle.so: src/bitshuffle.o src/bitshuffle_core.o "
+                     "src/iochain.o lz4/lz4.o\n"
+                     "\tgcc -O3 -ffast-math -std=c99 -o $@ -shared -fPIC $^\n"
+                     "\n"
+                     "%.o: %.c\n"
+                     "\tgcc -O3 -ffast-math -std=c99 -fPIC -Isrc -Ilz4 -c $< -o $@\n"
+                     "\n"
+                     "PREFIX:=" (assoc-ref outputs "out") "\n"
+                     "LIBDIR:=$(PREFIX)/lib\n"
+                     "INCLUDEDIR:=$(PREFIX)/include\n"
+                     "install: libbitshuffle.so\n"
+                     "\tinstall -dm755 $(LIBDIR)\n"
+                     "\tinstall -dm755 $(INCLUDEDIR)\n"
+                     "\tinstall -m755 libbitshuffle.so $(LIBDIR)\n"
+                     "\tinstall -m644 src/bitshuffle.h $(INCLUDEDIR)\n"
+                     "\tinstall -m644 src/bitshuffle_core.h $(INCLUDEDIR)\n"
+                     "\tinstall -m644 src/iochain.h $(INCLUDEDIR)\n"
+                     "\tinstall -m644 lz4/lz4.h $(INCLUDEDIR)\n")))))))))
+    (inputs '())
+    (native-inputs '())))
+
+(define-public java-snappy
+  (package
+    (name "java-snappy")
+    (version "1.1.4")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/archive/"
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "1w58diryma7qz7aa24yv8shf3flxcbbw8jgcn2lih14wgmww58ww"))))
+    (build-system ant-build-system)
+    (arguments
+     `(#:jar-name "snappy.jar"
+       #:source-dir "src/main/java"
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-before 'build 'remove-binaries
+           (lambda _
+             (delete-file "lib/org/xerial/snappy/OSInfo.class")
+             (delete-file-recursively "src/main/resources/org/xerial/snappy/native")
+             #t))
+         (add-before 'build 'build-jni
+           (lambda _
+             ;; Rebuild one of the binaries we removed earlier
+             (system* "javac" "src/main/java/org/xerial/snappy/OSInfo.java"
+                      "-d" "lib")
+             ;; Link to the dynamic bitshuffle and snappy, not the static ones
+             (substitute* "Makefile.common"
+               (("-shared")
+                "-shared -lbitshuffle -lsnappy"))
+             (substitute* "Makefile"
+               ;; Don't try to use git, don't download bitshuffle source
+               ;; and don't build it.
+               (("\\$\\(SNAPPY_GIT_UNPACKED\\) ")
+                "")
+               ((": \\$\\(SNAPPY_GIT_UNPACKED\\)")
+                ":")
+               (("\\$\\(BITSHUFFLE_UNPACKED\\) ")
+                "")
+               ((": \\$\\(SNAPPY_SOURCE_CONFIGURED\\)") ":")
+               ;; What we actually want to build
+               (("SNAPPY_OBJ:=.*")
+                "SNAPPY_OBJ:=$(addprefix $(SNAPPY_OUT)/, \
+                 SnappyNative.o BitShuffleNative.o)\n")
+               ;; Since we removed the directory structure in "native" during
+               ;; the previous phase, we need to recreate it.
+               (("NAME\\): \\$\\(SNAPPY_OBJ\\)")
+                "NAME): $(SNAPPY_OBJ)\n\t@mkdir -p $(@D)"))
+             ;; Finally we can run the Makefile to build the dynamic library.
+             (zero? (system* "make" "native"))))
+         ;; Once we have built the shared library, we need to place it in the
+         ;; "build" directory so it can be added to the jar file.
+         (add-after 'build-jni 'copy-jni
+           (lambda _
+             (copy-recursively "src/main/resources/org/xerial/snappy/native"
+                               "build/classes/org/xerial/snappy/native")))
+         (add-before 'check 'fix-failing
+           (lambda _
+             ;; This package assumes maven build, which puts results in "target".
+             ;; We put them in "build" instead, so fix that.
+             (substitute* "src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyLoaderTest.java"
+               (("target/classes") "build/classes"))
+             ;; FIXME: probably an error
+             (substitute* "src/test/java/org/xerial/snappy/SnappyOutputStreamTest.java"
+               (("91080") "91013")))))))
+    (inputs
+     `(("osgi-framework" ,java-osgi-framework)))
+    (propagated-inputs
+     `(("bitshuffle" ,bitshuffle-for-snappy)
+       ("snappy" ,snappy)))
+    (native-inputs
+     `(("junit" ,java-junit)
+       ("hamcrest" ,java-hamcrest-core)
+       ("xerial-core" ,java-xerial-core)
+       ("classworlds" ,java-plexus-classworlds)
+       ("perl" ,perl)))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java")
+    (synopsis "Compression/decompression algorithm in Java")
+    (description "Snappy-java is a Java port of the snappy, a fast C++
+compresser/decompresser.")
+    (license license:asl2.0)))
+
 (define-public p7zip
   (package
     (name "p7zip")