diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 2190307fbb5..2a28a4edc4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , colladaSupport ? true, opencollada
 , makeWrapper
 , pugixml, SDL, Cocoa, CoreGraphics, ForceFeedback, OpenAL, OpenGL
+, embree
 }:
 
 with lib;
@@ -17,11 +18,11 @@ let python = python3Packages.python; in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "blender";
-  version = "2.83.5";
+  version = "2.90.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://download.blender.org/source/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0xyawly00a59hfdb6b7va84k5fhcv2mxnzd77vs22bzi9y7sap43";
+    sha256 = "08qkvgdfrqh4ljqw5m64bbki1dsfcs4xnwzq6829z3ddhiwrxw84";
   };
 
   patches = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin.patch;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       (opensubdiv.override { inherit cudaSupport; })
       tbb
       makeWrapper
+      embree
     ]
     ++ (if (!stdenv.isDarwin) then [
       libXi libX11 libXext libXrender
@@ -50,8 +52,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional cudaSupport cudatoolkit
     ++ optional colladaSupport opencollada;
 
-  postPatch =
-    if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
+  postPatch = ''
+    # allow usage of dynamically linked embree
+    rm build_files/cmake/Modules/FindEmbree.cmake
+  '' +
+    (if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
       : > build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple_xcode.cmake
       substituteInPlace source/creator/CMakeLists.txt \
         --replace '${"$"}{LIBDIR}/python' \
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                   'set(OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIRS "${openexr.dev}/include/OpenEXR") #'
     '' else ''
       substituteInPlace extern/clew/src/clew.c --replace '"libOpenCL.so"' '"${ocl-icd}/lib/libOpenCL.so"'
-    '';
+    '');
 
   cmakeFlags =
     [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d83b9bbfab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/embree/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, ispc, tbb, glfw,
+  openimageio, libjpeg, libpng, libpthreadstubs, libX11 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "embree";
+  version = "3.11.0";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "embree";
+    repo = "embree";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "0v5gqi8jp09xxcbyyknji83412bq4l0w35b6hnrqxycgdrnf7hkr";
+  };
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    # Fix duplicate /nix/store/.../nix/store/.../ paths
+    sed -i "s|SET(EMBREE_ROOT_DIR .*)|set(EMBREE_ROOT_DIR $out)|" \
+      common/cmake/embree-config.cmake
+    sed -i "s|$""{EMBREE_ROOT_DIR}/||" common/cmake/embree-config.cmake
+  '';
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DEMBREE_TUTORIALS=OFF"
+    "-DEMBREE_RAY_MASK=ON"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ ispc pkgconfig cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ tbb glfw openimageio libjpeg libpng libX11 libpthreadstubs ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "High performance ray tracing kernels from Intel";
+    homepage = "https://embree.github.io/";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hodapp gebner ];
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c81f5aed3c7..a9046b940c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3468,6 +3468,7 @@ in
     python = python3;
   };
 
+  embree = callPackage ../development/libraries/embree { };
   embree2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/embree/2.x.nix { };
 
   emem = callPackage ../applications/misc/emem { };