diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/ecos/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/ecos/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..645a865eb955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/ecos/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ecos-${version}";
+  version = "2.0.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "embotech";
+    repo = "ecos";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "11v958j66wq30gxpjpkgl7n3rvla845lygz8fl39pgf1vk9sdyc7";
+  };
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    make all shared
+  '';
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    make test
+    ./runecos
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    cp lib*.a lib*.so $out/lib
+    cp -r include $out/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A lightweight conic solver for second-order cone programming";
+    homepage = https://www.embotech.com/ECOS;
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bhipple ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 945b78fe33a2..8ab22e40b0b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20559,6 +20559,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   cliquer = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/cliquer { };
 
+  ecos = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/ecos { };
+
   flintqs = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/flintqs { };
 
   gurobi = callPackage ../applications/science/math/gurobi { };