diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/opensubdiv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/opensubdiv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91ebc7cc661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/opensubdiv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, xorg, mesa, glew
+, cudaSupport ? false, cudatoolkit
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "opensubdiv-3.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "PixarAnimationStudios";
+    repo = "OpenSubdiv";
+    rev = "v3_0_3";
+    sha256 = "1pd7xsz4lx5l2hdixfgqx9yijchw108wqkvxj78rbblkkawvqhmx";
+  };
+
+  patches =
+    [ # Fix for building with cudatoolkit 7.
+      (fetchurl {
+        url = "https://github.com/opeca64/OpenSubdiv/commit/c3c258d00feaeffe1123f6077179c155e71febfb.patch";
+        sha256 = "0vazhp35v8vsgnvprkzwvfkbalr0kzcwlin9ygyfb77cz7mwicnf";
+      })
+    ];
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ cmake pkgconfig mesa
+      # FIXME: these are not actually needed, but the configure script wants them.
+      glew xorg.libX11 xorg.libXrandr xorg.libXxf86vm xorg.libXcursor xorg.libXinerama
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optional cudaSupport cudatoolkit;
+
+  cmakeFlags =
+    [ "-DNO_TUTORIALS=1"
+      "-DNO_REGRESSION=1"
+      "-DNO_EXAMPLES=1"
+      "-DGLEW_INCLUDE_DIR=${glew}/include"
+      "-DGLEW_LIBRARY=${glew}/lib"
+    ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An Open-Source subdivision surface library";
+    homepage = http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.eelco ];
+    license = lib.licenses.asl20;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 78a4dc1d996..6cde4386cab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7794,6 +7794,8 @@ let
     };
   };
 
+  opensubdiv = callPackage ../development/libraries/opensubdiv { };
+
   openwsman = callPackage ../development/libraries/openwsman {};
 
   ortp = callPackage ../development/libraries/ortp { };