diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..709ca213db6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/pure/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , llvm, gmp, mpfr
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    baseName="pure";
+    project="pure-lang";
+    version="0.47";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    extension="tar.gz";
+    url="http://${project}.googlecode.com/files/${name}.${extension}";
+    hash="16j0k639kw2am4fc2h7q5sk7kx5z7nca896dakhphlb9zn9h0gbv";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "A purely functional programming language based on term rewriting";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+    license = a.lib.licenses.gpl3Plus;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://code.google.com/p/pure-lang/downloads/list";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8958b45f9f94..c887c7f9ea60 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2375,6 +2375,8 @@ let
 
   polyml = callPackage ../development/compilers/polyml { };
 
+  pure = callPackage ../development/interpreters/pure {};
+
   python = python27;
   
   python26 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/python/2.6 { };