diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f153baf6cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, mesa_glu, x11, libXmu, libXi }:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "glew-1.10.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/glew/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "01zki46dr5khzlyywr3cg615bcal32dazfazkf360s1znqh17i4r";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ x11 libXmu libXi ];
+  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = [ mesa_glu ]; # GL/glew.h includes GL/glu.h
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    sed -i 's|lib64|lib|' config/Makefile.linux
+    ${optionalString (stdenv ? cross) ''
+    sed -i -e 's/\(INSTALL.*\)-s/\1/' Makefile
+    ''}
+  '';
+
+  buildFlags = [ "all" ];
+  installFlags = [ "install.all" ];
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    export GLEW_DEST="$out"
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/share/doc/glew
+    mkdir -p $out/lib/pkgconfig
+    cp glew*.pc $out/lib/pkgconfig
+    cp -r README.txt LICENSE.txt doc $out/share/doc/glew
+  '';
+
+  crossAttrs.makeFlags = [
+    "CC=${stdenv.cross.config}-gcc"
+    "LD=${stdenv.cross.config}-gcc"
+    "AR=${stdenv.cross.config}-ar"
+    "STRIP="
+  ] ++ optional (stdenv.cross.libc == "msvcrt") "SYSTEM=mingw"
+    ++ optional (stdenv.cross.libc == "libSystem") "SYSTEM=darwin";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An OpenGL extension loading library for C(++)";
+    homepage = http://glew.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = licenses.free; # different files under different licenses
+      #["BSD" "GLX" "SGI-B" "GPL2"]
+    platforms = platforms.mesaPlatforms;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ea926a80dac4..a70ce3e0d3b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6292,6 +6292,7 @@ let
   libgit2_0_21 = callPackage ../development/libraries/git2/0.21.nix { };
 
   glew = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew { };
+  glew110 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glew/1.10.nix { };
 
   glfw = glfw3;
   glfw2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/glfw/2.x.nix { };