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 952ddd19780..f3d95de47fc 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 { };