diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f43dfb328a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pcre, pkgconfig, python2
+, libX11, libXpm, libXft, libXext, libGLU_combined, zlib, libxml2, lzma, gsl_1
+, Cocoa, OpenGL, noSplash ? false }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "root-${version}";
+  version = "5.34.36";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://root.cern.ch/download/root_v${version}.source.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1kbx1jxc0i5xfghpybk8927a0wamxyayij9c74zlqm0595gqx1pw";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ cmake pcre python2 zlib libxml2 lzma gsl_1 ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ libX11 libXpm libXft libXext libGLU_combined ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (stdenv.isDarwin) [ Cocoa OpenGL ]
+    ;
+
+  patches = [
+    ./sw_vers_root5.patch
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    patchShebangs build/unix/
+    ln -s ${stdenv.lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include/AvailabilityMacros.h cint/cint/include/
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString noSplash ''
+    substituteInPlace rootx/src/rootx.cxx --replace "gNoLogo = false" "gNoLogo = true"
+  '';
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-Drpath=ON"
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include"
+    "-Dalien=OFF"
+    "-Dbonjour=OFF"
+    "-Dcastor=OFF"
+    "-Dchirp=OFF"
+    "-Ddavix=OFF"
+    "-Ddcache=OFF"
+    "-Dfftw3=OFF"
+    "-Dfitsio=OFF"
+    "-Dfortran=OFF"
+    "-Dgfal=OFF"
+    "-Dgsl_shared=ON"
+    "-Dgviz=OFF"
+    "-Dhdfs=OFF"
+    "-Dkrb5=OFF"
+    "-Dldap=OFF"
+    "-Dmathmore=ON"
+    "-Dmonalisa=OFF"
+    "-Dmysql=OFF"
+    "-Dodbc=OFF"
+    "-Dopengl=ON"
+    "-Doracle=OFF"
+    "-Dpgsql=OFF"
+    "-Dpythia6=OFF"
+    "-Dpythia8=OFF"
+    "-Drfio=OFF"
+    "-Dsqlite=OFF"
+    "-Dssl=OFF"
+    "-Dxml=ON"
+    "-Dxrootd=OFF"
+  ]
+  ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin "-DOPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OpenGL}/Library/Frameworks";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = https://root.cern.ch/;
+    description = "A data analysis framework";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers_root5.patch b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers_root5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f044bed91f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers_root5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+diff --git a/build/unix/compiledata.sh b/build/unix/compiledata.sh
+--- a/build/unix/compiledata.sh
++++ b/build/unix/compiledata.sh
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fi
+ 
+ if [ "$ARCH" = "macosx" ] || [ "$ARCH" = "macosx64" ] || \
+    [ "$ARCH" = "macosxicc" ]; then
+-   macosx_minor=`sw_vers | sed -n 's/ProductVersion://p' | cut -d . -f 2`
++   macosx_minor=7
+    SOEXT="so"
+    if [ $macosx_minor -ge 5 ]; then
+       if [ "x`echo $SOFLAGS | grep -- '-install_name'`" != "x" ]; then
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/SetUpMacOS.cmake b/cmake/modules/SetUpMacOS.cmake
+--- a/cmake/modules/SetUpMacOS.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/SetUpMacOS.cmake
+@@ -12,25 +12,11 @@ set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} /usr/X11R6)
+ #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
+ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES Darwin)
+-  EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND sw_vers "-productVersion"
+-                  COMMAND cut -d . -f 1-2
+-                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE MACOSX_VERSION OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+-  MESSAGE(STATUS "Found a Mac OS X System ${MACOSX_VERSION}")
+-  EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND sw_vers "-productVersion"
+-                  COMMAND cut -d . -f 2
+-                  OUTPUT_VARIABLE MACOSX_MINOR OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+-
+-  if(MACOSX_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 10.7 AND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL Clang)
+     set(libcxx ON CACHE BOOL "Build using libc++" FORCE)
+-  endif()
+ 
+-  if(${MACOSX_MINOR} GREATER 4)
+     #TODO: check haveconfig and rpath -> set rpath true
+     #TODO: check Thread, define link command
+     #TODO: more stuff check configure script
+-    execute_process(COMMAND /usr/sbin/sysctl machdep.cpu.extfeatures OUTPUT_VARIABLE SYSCTL_OUTPUT)
+-    if(${SYSCTL_OUTPUT} MATCHES 64)
+-       MESSAGE(STATUS "Found a 64bit system")
+        set(ROOT_ARCHITECTURE macosx64)
+        SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
+        SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_CREATE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_CREATE_C_FLAGS} -m64")
+@@ -38,28 +24,6 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES Darwin)
+        SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -m64")
+        SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -m64")
+        SET(CMAKE_FORTRAN_FLAGS "${CMAKE_FORTRAN_FLAGS} -m64")
+-    else(${SYSCTL_OUTPUT} MATCHES 64)
+-       MESSAGE(STATUS "Found a 32bit system")
+-       SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -m32")
+-       SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -m32")
+-       SET(CMAKE_FORTRAN_FLAGS "${CMAKE_FORTRAN_FLAGS} -m32")
+-    endif(${SYSCTL_OUTPUT} MATCHES 64)
+-  endif()
+-
+-  if(MACOSX_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 10.6)
+-    set(MACOSX_SSL_DEPRECATED ON)
+-  endif()
+-  if(MACOSX_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 10.7)
+-    set(MACOSX_ODBC_DEPRECATED ON)
+-  endif()
+-  if(MACOSX_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 10.8)
+-    set(MACOSX_GLU_DEPRECATED ON)
+-    set(MACOSX_KRB5_DEPRECATED ON)
+-    set(MACOSX_TMPNAM_DEPRECATED ON)
+-  endif()
+-  if(MACOSX_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 10.9)
+-    set(MACOSX_LDAP_DEPRECATED ON)
+-  endif()
+ 
+   if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+      message(STATUS "Found GNU compiler collection")
+@@ -132,7 +96,7 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES Darwin)
+   endif()
+ 
+   #---Set Linker flags----------------------------------------------------------------------
+-  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}  -mmacosx-version-min=${MACOSX_VERSION} -Wl,-rpath,@loader_path/../lib")
++  set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-rpath,@loader_path/../lib")
+ 
+ 
+ else (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES Darwin)
+diff --git a/config/root-config.in b/config/root-config.in
+--- a/config/root-config.in
++++ b/config/root-config.in
+@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ macosxicc)
+    ;;
+ macosx64)
+    # MacOS X with gcc (GNU cc v4.x) in 64 bit mode
+-   macosx_minor=`sw_vers | sed -n 's/ProductVersion://p' | cut -d . -f 2`
++   macosx_minor=7
+    # cannot find the one linked to libGraf if relocated after built
+    if [ $macosx_minor -le 4 ]; then
+       rootlibs="$rootlibs -lfreetype"
+diff --git a/cint/ROOT/CMakeLists.txt b/cint/ROOT/CMakeLists.txt
+--- a/cint/ROOT/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/cint/ROOT/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -232,9 +232,7 @@ foreach(_name ${CINTINCDLLNAMES})
+                        DEPENDS ${HEADER_OUTPUT_PATH}/systypes.h
+                       )
+
+-    if(MACOSX_MINOR GREATER 4)
+       set(_ExtraFlag "-D__DARWIN_UNIX03")
+-    endif()
+
+     add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${OutFileName}
+                        COMMAND cint_tmp -K -w1 -z${_name} -n${OutFileName} -D__MAKECINT__ -DG__MAKECINT ${_ExtraFlag} -c-2 -Z0 ${InFileName} ${AdditionalHeaderFiles} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cint/cint/include/sys/types.h ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cint/cint/lib/posix/posix.h
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fa39ba9ef8b9..ebaf793295cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21380,6 +21380,10 @@ with pkgs;
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa OpenGL;
   };
 
+  root5 = lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/science/misc/root/5.nix {
+    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa OpenGL;
+  });
+
   simgrid = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/simgrid { };
 
   spyder = callPackage ../applications/science/spyder { };