diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/blas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/blas/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d0f1fa90d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/blas/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "blas-20070405";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.netlib.org/blas/blas.tgz";
+    sha256 = "07alzd2yxkah96vjczqwi3ld5w00bvqv7qxb2fayvhs1h64jabxw";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [gfortran];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    echo >make.inc  "SHELL = ${stdenv.bash}/bin/bash"
+    echo >>make.inc "PLAT = _LINUX"
+    echo >>make.inc "FORTRAN = gfortran"
+    echo >>make.inc "OPTS = -O2 -fPIC"
+    echo >>make.inc "DRVOPTS = $$(OPTS)"
+    echo >>make.inc "NOOPT = -O0 -fPIC"
+    echo >>make.inc "LOADER = gfortran"
+    echo >>make.inc "LOADOPTS ="
+    echo >>make.inc "ARCH = gfortran"
+    echo >>make.inc "ARCHFLAGS = -shared -o"
+    echo >>make.inc "RANLIB = echo"
+    echo >>make.inc "BLASLIB = libblas.so.3.0.3"
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -D -m755 libblas.so.3.0.3 "$out/lib/libblas.so.3.0.3"
+    ln -s libblas.so.3.0.3 "$out/lib/libblas.so.3"
+    ln -s libblas.so.3.0.3 "$out/lib/libblas.so"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms";
+    license = "Free, copyrighted";
+    homepage = "http://www.netlib.org/blas/";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0b7eb5a9647..8cf05ad9ded 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8396,6 +8396,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv gfortran;
   };
 
+  blas = import ../development/libraries/science/math/blas {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv gfortran;
+  };
+
   content = builderDefsPackage ../applications/science/math/content {
     inherit mesa lesstif;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXaw xproto libXt libSM libICE