diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/pari-galdata/default.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/pari-galdata/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..222fd2f8870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/pari-galdata/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "20080411";
+  name = "pari-galdata-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/packages/galdata.tgz";
+    sha256 = "1pch6bk76f1i6cwwgm7hhxi5h71m52lqayp4mnyj0jmjk406bhdp";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/pari"
+    cp -R * "$out/share/pari/"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "PARI database needed to compute Galois group in degrees 8 through 11";
+    homepage = http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/;
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ timokau ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1d15dafdf1f..7cc7938bdcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14806,6 +14806,8 @@ with pkgs;
   paratype-pt-sans = callPackage ../data/fonts/paratype-pt/sans.nix {};
   paratype-pt-serif = callPackage ../data/fonts/paratype-pt/serif.nix {};
 
+  pari-galdata = callPackage ../data/misc/pari-galdata {};
+
   poly = callPackage ../data/fonts/poly { };
 
   posix_man_pages = callPackage ../data/documentation/man-pages-posix { };