diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d26acbe27cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/msieve/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, zlib, gmp}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "msieve-1.48";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+      url = mirror://sourceforge/msieve/msieve/Msieve%20v1.48/msieve148.tar.gz;
+      sha256 = "05cm23mpfsbwssqda243sbi8m31j783qx89x9gl7sy8a4dnv7h63";
+    };
+
+  buildInputs = [ zlib gmp ];
+
+  buildFlags = if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then "x86_64"
+               else if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then "x86"
+               else "generic";
+
+  installPhase = ''ensureDir $out/bin/
+                   cp msieve $out/bin/'';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "a C library implementing a suite of algorithms to factor large integers";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.publicDomain;
+    homepage = http://msieve.sourceforge.net/;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.roconnor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0f69620505df..5d3db4ea036c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7609,6 +7609,8 @@ let
     withX = true;
   };
 
+  msieve = callPackage ../applications/science/math/msieve { };
+
   yacas = callPackage ../applications/science/math/yacas { };
 
   ### SCIENCE / MISC