diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmtcp/devel.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmtcp/devel.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9fb3274a4299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmtcp/devel.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{stdenv, fetchsvn, perl, python}:
+
+# Perl and python are needed in order to run the test suite.
+
+let
+  revision = "489";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "dmtcp-devel-${revision}";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = https://dmtcp.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dmtcp/trunk;
+    rev = revision;
+    sha256 = "c21d38888553a50f401e1e49dec646b574f2014121e1186949f909c51e4911ed";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl python ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  preCheck = ''
+    substituteInPlace dmtcp/src/dmtcp_coordinator.cpp \
+      --replace /bin/bash /bin/sh
+    substituteInPlace utils/gdb-add-symbol-file \
+      --replace /bin/bash /bin/sh
+    substituteInPlace test/autotest.py \
+      --replace /usr/bin/env $(type -p env) \
+      --replace /bin/bash $(type -p bash) \
+      --replace /usr/bin/perl $(type -p perl) \
+      --replace /usr/bin/python $(type -p python)
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Distributed MultiThreaded Checkpointing";
+    longDescription = ''
+      DMTCP (Distributed MultiThreaded Checkpointing) is a tool to
+      transparently checkpointing the state of an arbitrary group of
+      programs spread across many machines and connected by sockets. It does
+      not modify the user's program or the operating system.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://dmtcp.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = "LGPL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ffe6a691c48..f1dcba4af5bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5694,6 +5694,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl python;
   };
 
+  dmtcp_devel = import ../os-specific/linux/dmtcp/devel.nix {
+    inherit fetchsvn stdenv perl python;
+  };
+
   dietlibc = import ../os-specific/linux/dietlibc {
     inherit fetchurl glibc;
     # Dietlibc 0.30 doesn't compile on PPC with GCC 4.1, bus GCC 3.4 works.