diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/jama/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/jama/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e775d5cef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/jama/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, tnt}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "jama-${version}";
+  version = "1.2.5";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://math.nist.gov/tnt/jama125.zip;
+    sha256 = "031ns526fvi2nv7jzzv02i7i5sjcyr0gj884i3an67qhsx8vyckl";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ tnt ];
+
+  unpackPhase = ''
+      mkdir "${name}"
+      unzip "$src"
+  '';
+  installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/include
+      cp *.h $out/include
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://math.nist.gov/tnt/;
+    description = "JAMA/C++ Linear Algebra Package: Java-like matrix C++ templates";
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 469ab42d4a5..c2294748f22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3105,6 +3105,8 @@ let
 
   jasper = callPackage ../development/libraries/jasper { };
 
+  jama = callPackage ../development/libraries/jama { };
+
   jbig2dec = callPackage ../development/libraries/jbig2dec { };
 
   jetty_gwt = callPackage ../development/libraries/java/jetty-gwt { };