diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49fae13aec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ilmbase/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+	name = "ilmbase-1.0.0";
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = http://FIXME/ilmbase-1.0.0.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "1dpgi3hbff9nflg95r2smb6ssg5bh5g8mj9dxh896w29nh08ipnz";
+	};
+	configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
index 17acebe7489..e30f25d9778 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib}:
+args: with args;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "openexr-1.2.2";
+  name = "openexr-1.6.0";
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/openexr/OpenEXR-1.2.2.tar.gz;
-    md5 = "a2e56af78dc47c7294ff188c8f78394b";
+    url = http://FIXME/openexr-1.6.0.tar.gz;
+	sha256 = "0mzbwavkbj26g43ar5jhdrqlvw9nq1mxh9l2044sqlcyharcnfq4";
   };
-  buildInputs = [zlib];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [pkgconfig zlib ilmbase];
+  configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static --enable-imfexamples";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 47c9d81c99b..59ae4f42e3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1717,6 +1717,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  ilmbase = import ../development/libraries/ilmbase {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   imlib = import ../development/libraries/imlib {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libjpeg libtiff libungif libpng;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXext xextproto;
@@ -1950,6 +1954,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv alsaLib autoconf automake libtool;
   };
 
+  openexr = import ../development/libraries/openexr {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv ilmbase zlib pkgconfig;
+  };
+
   openldap = import ../development/libraries/openldap {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv openssl cyrus_sasl db4;
   };