diff --git a/software/minimap2/index/functions.nf b/software/minimap2/index/functions.nf
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/software/minimap2/index/functions.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * -----------------------------------------------------
+ *  Utility functions used in nf-core DSL2 module files
+ * -----------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Extract name of software tool from process name using $task.process
+ */
+def getSoftwareName(task_process) {
+    return task_process.tokenize(':')[-1].tokenize('_')[0].toLowerCase()
+}
+
+/*
+ * Function to initialise default values and to generate a Groovy Map of available options for nf-core modules
+ */
+def initOptions(Map args) {
+    def Map options = [:]
+    options.args            = args.args ?: ''
+    options.args2           = args.args2 ?: ''
+    options.args3           = args.args3 ?: ''
+    options.publish_by_meta = args.publish_by_meta ?: []
+    options.publish_dir     = args.publish_dir ?: ''
+    options.publish_files   = args.publish_files
+    options.suffix          = args.suffix ?: ''
+    return options
+}
+
+/*
+ * Tidy up and join elements of a list to return a path string
+ */
+def getPathFromList(path_list) {
+    def paths = path_list.findAll { item -> !item?.trim().isEmpty() }      // Remove empty entries
+    paths     = paths.collect { it.trim().replaceAll("^[/]+|[/]+\$", "") } // Trim whitespace and trailing slashes
+    return paths.join('/')
+}
+
+/*
+ * Function to save/publish module results
+ */
+def saveFiles(Map args) {
+    if (!args.filename.endsWith('.version.txt')) {
+        def ioptions  = initOptions(args.options)
+        def path_list = [ ioptions.publish_dir ?: args.publish_dir ]
+        if (ioptions.publish_by_meta) {
+            def key_list = ioptions.publish_by_meta instanceof List ? ioptions.publish_by_meta : args.publish_by_meta
+            for (key in key_list) {
+                if (args.meta && key instanceof String) {
+                    def path = key
+                    if (args.meta.containsKey(key)) {
+                        path = args.meta[key] instanceof Boolean ? "${key}_${args.meta[key]}".toString() : args.meta[key]
+                    }
+                    path = path instanceof String ? path : ''
+                    path_list.add(path)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (ioptions.publish_files instanceof Map) {
+            for (ext in ioptions.publish_files) {
+                if (args.filename.endsWith(ext.key)) {
+                    def ext_list = path_list.collect()
+                    ext_list.add(ext.value)
+                    return "${getPathFromList(ext_list)}/$args.filename"
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (ioptions.publish_files == null) {
+            return "${getPathFromList(path_list)}/$args.filename"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/software/minimap2/index/main.nf b/software/minimap2/index/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43c9c255
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+++ b/software/minimap2/index/main.nf
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+// Import generic module functions
+include { initOptions; saveFiles; getSoftwareName } from './functions'
+
+params.options = [:]
+def options    = initOptions(params.options)
+
+process MINIMAP2_INDEX {
+    label 'process_medium'
+    publishDir "${params.outdir}",
+        mode: params.publish_dir_mode,
+        saveAs: { filename -> saveFiles(filename:filename, options:params.options, publish_dir:getSoftwareName(task.process), meta:meta, publish_by_meta:['']) }
+
+    conda     (params.enable_conda ? "bioconda::minimap2=2.17" : null)
+    container "quay.io/biocontainers/minimap2:2.17--hed695b0_3"
+
+    input:
+    path(fasta)
+
+    output:
+    path("*.mmi")        , emit: index
+    path "*.version.txt" ,emit: version
+
+    script:
+    """
+    minimap2 \\
+        -t $task.cpus \\
+        -d ${fasta}.mmi \\
+        $fasta
+    ps
+    minimap2 --version &> minimap2.version.txt
+    """
+}
diff --git a/software/minimap2/index/meta.yml b/software/minimap2/index/meta.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8273e239
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+++ b/software/minimap2/index/meta.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: minimap2_index
+description: Provides fasta index required by minimap2 alignment.
+keywords:
+    - index
+    - fasta
+    - reference
+tools:
+    - minimap2:
+        description: |
+            A versatile pairwise aligner for genomic and spliced nucleotide sequences.
+        homepage: https://github.com/lh3/minimap2
+        documentation: https://github.com/lh3/minimap2#uguide
+input:
+    - fasta:
+        type: file
+        description: |
+            Reference database in FASTA format.
+output:
+    - mmi:
+        type: file
+        description: Minimap2 fasta index.
+        pattern: "*.mmi"
+    - version:
+        type: file
+        description: File containing software version
+        pattern: "*.{version.txt}"
+authors:
+    - "@yuukiiwa"
diff --git a/tests/config/pytest_software.yml b/tests/config/pytest_software.yml
index 9e3df76b..e75f8774 100644
--- a/tests/config/pytest_software.yml
+++ b/tests/config/pytest_software.yml
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ minimap2/align:
   - software/minimap2/align/**
   - tests/software/minimap2/align/**
 
+minimap2/index:
+  - software/minimap2/index/**
+  - tests/software/minimap2/index/**
+
 mosdepth:
   - software/mosdepth/**
   - tests/software/mosdepth/**
diff --git a/tests/software/minimap2/index/main.nf b/tests/software/minimap2/index/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6949f587
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+++ b/tests/software/minimap2/index/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
+
+nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
+
+include { MINIMAP2_INDEX } from '../../../../software/minimap2/index/main.nf' addParams( options: [:] )
+
+workflow test_minimap2_index {
+
+    fasta = file(params.test_data['sarscov2']['genome']['genome_fasta'], checkIfExists: true)
+
+    MINIMAP2_INDEX ( fasta )
+}
diff --git a/tests/software/minimap2/index/test.yml b/tests/software/minimap2/index/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c455b94f
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+++ b/tests/software/minimap2/index/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+- name: minimap2 index
+  command: nextflow run ./tests/software/minimap2/index -entry test_minimap2_index -c tests/config/nextflow.config
+  tags:
+    - minimap2
+    - minimap2/index
+  files:
+    - path: ./output/minimap2/genome.fasta.mmi
+      md5sum: 72e450f12dc691e763c697463bdb1571