diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/colpack/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/colpack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29785363b048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/colpack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, autoconf, automake, libtool, gettext }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+
+  pname = "ColPack";
+  version = "1.0.10";
+  name = pname + "-" + version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "CSCsw";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "v" + version;
+    sha256 = "1p05vry940mrjp6236c0z83yizmw9pk6ly2lb7d8rpb7j9h03glr";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf automake gettext libtool ];
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    autoreconf -vif
+    ./configure --prefix=$out --enable-openmp
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A package comprising of implementations of algorithms for
+    vertex coloring and derivative computation";
+    homepage = "http://cscapes.cs.purdue.edu/coloringpage/software.htm#functionalities";
+    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ edwtjo ];
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8027db8bfde0..042c38880225 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -892,6 +892,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   colord-kde = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/colord-kde {};
 
+  colpack = callPackage ../applications/science/math/colpack { };
+
   consul = callPackage ../servers/consul { };
 
   consul-ui = callPackage ../servers/consul/ui.nix { };