diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48bbd3aa785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran, openblas }:
+
+let version = "3.1.4";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "arpack-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng/downloads/get/arpack-ng_${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0m4cqy3d7fpzx1nac3brhr298qj7vx3fchjdz5b7n0pp616cmcm1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gfortran ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ openblas ];
+
+  # Auto-detection fails because gfortran brings in BLAS by default
+  configureFlags="--with-blas=-lopenblas --with-lapack=-lopenblas";
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng/";
+    description = "A collection of Fortran77 subroutines to solve large scale eigenvalue problems";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7026e0eaa79..7cb9f6a53bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9770,6 +9770,8 @@ let
 
   ### SCIENCE/MATH
 
+  arpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/arpack { };
+
   atlas = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/atlas {
     # The build process measures CPU capabilities and optimizes the
     # library to perform best on that particular machine. That is a