diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55d06ade75b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/opencxx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libtool, gcc, patches ? []}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "opencxx-2.8";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/opencxx/opencxx-2.8.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "0f71df82751fe8aba5122d6e0541c98a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [libtool];
+  NIX_GCC = gcc;
+
+  inherit patches;
+}