diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hiphopvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hiphopvm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15cf4edc4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hiphopvm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchgit, cmake, boost, libunwind, mysql, libmemcached, pcre
+, libevent, gd, curl, libxml2, icu, flex, bison, openssl, zlib, php, re2c
+, expat, libcap, oniguruma, libdwarf, libmcrypt, inteltbb, google_perftools
+, bzip2, openldap, readline, libelf, uwimap, binutils, cyrus_sasl, pam
+}:
+
+assert stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
+let
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php.git";
+    rev = "73f1c0ebd9b313f6b3baecd8c8046e0b595b1157";
+    sha256 = "104133c6054bc9ab0288eaa0cea168b6699e537b3ea76ecdc38ee833d93dca09";
+  };
+
+  libxml2_280 = stdenv.lib.overrideDerivation libxml2 (args: rec { 
+    name = "libxml2-2.8.0";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0ak2mjwvanz91nwxf1kkgbhrkm85vhhkpj7ymz8r6lb84bix1qpj";
+    };
+
+    patches = [];
+  });
+ 
+  curlFB = stdenv.lib.overrideDerivation curl (args: { patches = [ "${src}/src/third_party/libcurl-7.22.1.fb-changes.diff" ]; });
+
+  fbPatch = "${src}/src/third_party/libevent-1.4.14.fb-changes.diff";
+  libeventFB = stdenv.lib.overrideDerivation libevent (args: { patches = [fbPatch]; });
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "hiphop-php-73f1c0ebd9";
+  inherit src;
+  dontUseCmakeBuildDir = true;
+  dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;
+  USE_HHVM=1;
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export HPHP_HOME=$PWD
+    export HPHP_LIB=$PWD/bin
+    export TBB_INSTALL_DIR=${inteltbb}
+    export TBB_ARCH_PLATFORM="intel64/cc4.1.0_libc2.4_kernel2.6.16.21"
+    sed -i 's| DEPRECATED | DEPRECATED_ |' src/runtime/base/runtime_error.h
+  '';
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lpam -L${pam}/lib";
+  MYSQL_DIR=mysql;
+  buildInputs = [ 
+    cmake boost libunwind mysql libmemcached pcre libeventFB gd curlFB
+    libxml2_280 icu flex bison openssl zlib php expat libcap oniguruma
+    libdwarf libmcrypt inteltbb google_perftools bzip2 openldap readline
+    libelf uwimap binutils cyrus_sasl pam
+  ];
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp src/hhvm/hhvm $out/bin
+    cp bin/systemlib.php $out/bin
+  '';
+  patches = [./tbb.patch];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "HipHop is a high performance PHP toolchain.";
+    homepage = https://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/hiphopvm/tbb.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hiphopvm/tbb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0dee06d00fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/hiphopvm/tbb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMake/FindTBB.cmake b/CMake/FindTBB.cmake
+index 6a09c85..977418c 100644
+--- a/CMake/FindTBB.cmake
++++ b/CMake/FindTBB.cmake
+@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ mark_as_advanced(TBB_INCLUDE_DIR)
+ #-- Look for libraries
+ # GvdB: $ENV{TBB_ARCH_PLATFORM} is set by the build script tbbvars[.bat|.sh|.csh]
+ if (NOT $ENV{TBB_ARCH_PLATFORM} STREQUAL "")
+-    set (TBB_LIBRARY_DIR "${_TBB_INSTALL_DIR}/$ENV{TBB_ARCH_PLATFORM}/lib")
++    set (TBB_LIBRARY_DIR "${_TBB_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/$ENV{TBB_ARCH_PLATFORM}")
+ else (NOT $ENV{TBB_ARCH_PLATFORM} STREQUAL "")
+     # HH: deprecated
+     message(STATUS "[Warning] FindTBB.cmake: The use of TBB_ARCHITECTURE and TBB_COMPILER is deprecated and may not be supported in future versions. Please set $ENV{TBB_ARCH_PLATFORM} (using tbbvars.[bat|csh|sh]).")
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 60d1a38d0e8..86400e716cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2369,6 +2369,11 @@ let
 
   haxe = callPackage ../development/compilers/haxe { };
 
+  hiphopvm = callPackage ../development/interpreters/hiphopvm {
+    libevent = libevent14;
+    boost = boost149;
+  };
+
   falcon = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/interpreters/falcon) {
     inherit cmake;
   };