diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/zn_poly/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/zn_poly/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc322d4c5341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/zn_poly/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, gmp
+, python2
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.9";
+  pname = "zn_poly";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~davidharvey/code/zn_poly/releases/zn_poly-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1kxl25av7i3v68k32hw5bayrfcvmahmqvs97mlh9g238gj4qb851";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    gmp
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    python2 # needed by ./configure to create the makefile
+  ];
+
+  libname = "libzn_poly${stdenv.targetPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}";
+
+  # Tuning (either autotuning or with hand-written paramters) is possible
+  # but not implemented here.
+  # It seems buggy anyways (see homepage).
+  buildFlags = [ "all" libname ];
+
+
+  # `make install` fails to install some header files and the lib file.
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/include/zn_poly"
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib"
+    cp "${libname}" "$out/lib"
+    cp include/*.h "$out/include/zn_poly"
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~davidharvey/code/zn_poly/;
+    description = "Polynomial arithmetic over Z/nZ";
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl3 ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ timokau ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 199f6e878ff5..9c10e7a4fdd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19832,6 +19832,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   gmsh = callPackage ../applications/science/math/gmsh { };
 
+  zn_poly = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/zn_poly { };
+
   ### SCIENCE/MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS
 
   lammps = callPackage ../applications/science/molecular-dynamics/lammps {