diff --git a/lib/maintainers.nix b/lib/maintainers.nix
index cee9f0023e2..f46d9b80990 100644
--- a/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
   garrison = "Jim Garrison <jim@garrison.cc>";
   gavin = "Gavin Rogers <gavin@praxeology.co.uk>";
   gebner = "Gabriel Ebner <gebner@gebner.org>";
+  giogadi = "Luis G. Torres <lgtorres42@gmail.com>";
   globin = "Robin Gloster <robin@glob.in>";
   goibhniu = "Cillian de Róiste <cillian.deroiste@gmail.com>";
   gridaphobe = "Eric Seidel <eric@seidel.io>";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ceres-solver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ceres-solver/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4dce56a8f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ceres-solver/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{ stdenv
+, eigen
+, fetchurl
+, cmake
+, google-gflags ? null
+, glog ? null
+, runTests ? false
+}:
+
+# google-gflags is required to run tests
+assert runTests -> google-gflags != null;
+
+let
+  version = "1.10.0";
+
+  # glog currently doesn't build on darwin
+  # Issue: https://code.google.com/p/google-glog/issues/detail?id=121
+  useGlog = glog != null && !stdenv.isDarwin;
+
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ceres-solver-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ceres-solver.org/ceres-solver-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "20bb5db05c3e3e14a4062e2cf2b0742d2653359549ecded3e0653104ef3deb17";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional useGlog glog
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (google-gflags != null) google-gflags;
+
+  inherit eigen;
+
+  doCheck = runTests;
+
+  checkTarget = "test";
+
+  cmakeFlags = "
+    -DEIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR=${eigen}/include/eigen3
+    ${if !useGlog then "-DMINIGLOG=ON" else ""}
+  ";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "C++ library for modeling and solving large, complicated optimization problems";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    homepage = "http://ceres-solver.org";
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ giogadi ];
+    inherit version;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 85358d1fcca..166e5365db7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -697,6 +697,10 @@ let
 
   cdemu-client = callPackage ../misc/emulators/cdemu/client.nix { };
 
+  ceres-solver = callPackage ../development/libraries/ceres-solver {
+    google-gflags = null; # only required for examples/tests
+  };
+
   gcdemu = callPackage ../misc/emulators/cdemu/gui.nix { };
 
   image-analyzer = callPackage ../misc/emulators/cdemu/analyzer.nix { };