diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/pari/alpha.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pari/alpha.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a80d360d93e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/pari/alpha.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gmp, readline }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2.8.0.alpha";
+  name = "pari-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/unix/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1nrjybrqv55p669rmlkghb940hzf63vnpn34sbwhy9zlbw3hg305";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [gmp readline];
+
+  configureScript = "./Configure";
+  configureFlags =
+    "--with-gmp=${gmp.dev} " +
+    "--with-readline=${readline.dev}";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Computer algebra system for high-performance number theory computations";
+    homepage    = "http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/";
+    license     = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ertes raskin ];
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+
+    inherit version;
+    downloadPage = "http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/download.html";
+    updateWalker = true;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c6401ed0ef3..762706e219a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16678,6 +16678,7 @@ in
   wxmaxima = callPackage ../applications/science/math/wxmaxima { wxGTK = wxGTK30; };
 
   pari = callPackage ../applications/science/math/pari {};
+  pari_alpha = callPackage ../applications/science/math/pari/alpha.nix {};
 
   ratpoints = callPackage ../applications/science/math/ratpoints {};