diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/scalapack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/scalapack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83e177c66c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/scalapack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, gfortran
+, cmake
+, blas
+, liblapack
+, mpi
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "scalapack-${version}";
+  version = "2.0.2";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.netlib.org/scalapack/scalapack-${version}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "0p1r61ss1fq0bs8ynnx7xq4wwsdvs32ljvwjnx6yxr8gd6pawx0c";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ cmake mpi liblapack blas gfortran ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://www.netlib.org/scalapack/;
+    description = "Library of high-performance linear algebra routines for parallel distributed memory machines";
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.costrouc ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e29c2db3577..3dda86d7149 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20810,6 +20810,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   planarity = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/planarity { };
 
+  scalapack = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/scalapack {
+    mpi = openmpi;
+  };
+
   rankwidth = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/rankwidth { };
 
   fenics = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/fenics {