diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17acebe7489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openexr/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "openexr-1.2.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/openexr/OpenEXR-1.2.2.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "a2e56af78dc47c7294ff188c8f78394b";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [zlib];
+}