diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ntl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ntl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32467e4849b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ntl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, gmp, libtool
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ntl-${version}";
+  version = "9.11.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.shoup.net/ntl/ntl-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1wcwxpcby1c50llncz131334qq26lzh3dz21rahymgvakrq0369p";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl gmp libtool ];
+
+  sourceRoot = "${name}/src";
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  dontAddPrefix = true;
+
+  configureFlags = [ "DEF_PREFIX=$(out)" "WIZARD=off" "SHARED=on" "NATIVE=off" "CXX=c++" ];
+
+  # doCheck = true; # takes some time
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A Library for doing Number Theory";
+    longDescription = ''
+      NTL is a high-performance, portable C++ library providing data
+      structures and algorithms for manipulating signed, arbitrary
+      length integers, and for vectors, matrices, and polynomials over
+      the integers and over finite fields.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.shoup.net/ntl/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 146e260f4237..9e0e98a5b885 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8950,6 +8950,8 @@ in
 
   non = callPackage ../applications/audio/non { };
 
+  ntl = callPackage ../development/libraries/ntl { };
+
   nspr = callPackage ../development/libraries/nspr {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
   };