diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19d1d825c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{cabal, QuickCheck, HUnit, storableComplex, gsl, liblapack, blas, vector}:
+
+cabal.mkDerivation (self : {
+  pname = "hmatrix";
+  version = "0.9.3.0";
+  sha256 = "1p2c37j29nxq1ijs78xn7293cwjzgcl6hx8ri5qz7nijifmpcrkr";
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [QuickCheck HUnit storableComplex blas gsl liblapack vector];
+  configureFlags = "-fvector";
+  /* dirty hack to find blas at link time */
+  postConfigure = ''
+    sed -i -e "/^extra-libraries/ s/: /: blas /" hmatrix.buildinfo 
+    sed -i -e "/^extra-libraries/ s/$/ blas/" hmatrix.buildinfo
+  '';
+  extraLibDirs = "--extra-lib-dir=${blas}/lib --extra-lib-dir=${gsl}/lib --extra-lib-dir=${liblapack}/lib";
+  meta = {
+    description = "Linear algebra and numerical computation";
+    maintainers = [ self.stdenv.lib.maintainers.guibert ];
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
index a5d36088b72..875a3cf5052 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -384,6 +384,11 @@ rec {
     inherit cabal ;
   };
 
+  hmatrix = import ../development/libraries/haskell/hmatrix {
+    inherit cabal QuickCheck HUnit storableComplex vector;
+    inherit (pkgs) gsl liblapack/* lapack library */ blas;
+  };
+
   hscolour = import ../development/libraries/haskell/hscolour {
     inherit cabal;
   };