diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hmat-oss/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hmat-oss/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3455cf250ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hmat-oss/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, cmake
+, blas
+, lapack
+}:
+
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "hmat-oss";
+  version = "1.7.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "jeromerobert";
+    repo = "hmat-oss";
+    rev = "refs/tags/${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Xc8AbeyEtM6R5I4HdgF4XR5/b8ZYBOv34kY1xrYk/Jw=";
+  };
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DHMAT_GIT_VERSION=OFF"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ blas lapack ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A hierarchical matrix C/C++ library";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/jeromerobert/hmat-oss";
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gdinh ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 59bfc5dd20e3..0ba0c1feb777 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18478,6 +18478,8 @@ with pkgs;
     autoreconfHook = buildPackages.autoreconfHook269;
   };
 
+  hmat-oss = callPackage ../development/libraries/hmat-oss { };
+
   hound = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/hound { };
 
   hpx = callPackage ../development/libraries/hpx {