diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/fflas-ffpack/1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/fflas-ffpack/1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1222aef12f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/fflas-ffpack/1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, givaro_3_7, pkgconfig, openblas, gmpxx}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  pname = "fflas-ffpack";
+  version = "1.6.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://linalg.org/fflas-ffpack-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "02fr675278c65hfiy1chb903j4ix9i8yni1xc2g5nmsjcaf9vra9";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [autoreconfHook givaro_3_7 openblas gmpxx];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [pkgconfig];
+  configureFlags = "--with-blas=-lopenblas --with-gmp=${gmpxx.dev} --with-givaro=${givaro_3_7}";
+  meta = {
+    inherit version;
+    description = ''Finite Field Linear Algebra Subroutines'';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    homepage = "https://linbox-team.github.io/fflas-ffpack/";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d74dcba44659..f6d8b5d1f8f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6826,6 +6826,7 @@ in
   fcgi = callPackage ../development/libraries/fcgi { };
 
   fflas-ffpack = callPackage ../development/libraries/fflas-ffpack {};
+  fflas-ffpack_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/fflas-ffpack/1.nix {};
 
   ffmpeg_0_10 = callPackage ../development/libraries/ffmpeg/0.10.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa;