diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/flint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/flint/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be158684b5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/flint/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, gmp, mpir, mpfr, openblas, ntl}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "flint-${version}";
+  version = "2.5.2";
+  # or fetchFromGitHub(owner,repo,rev) or fetchgit(rev)
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.flintlib.org/flint-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "11syazv1a8rrnac3wj3hnyhhflpqcmq02q8pqk2m6g2k6h0gxwfb";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [gmp mpir mpfr openblas ntl];
+  configureFlags = "--with-gmp=${gmp} --with-mpir=${mpir} --with-mpfr=${mpfr} --with-blas=${openblas} --with-ntl=${ntl}";
+  meta = {
+    inherit version;
+    description = ''Fast Library for Number Theory'';
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    homepage = "http://www.flintlib.org/";
+    downloadPage = "http://www.flintlib.org/downloads.html";
+    updateWalker = true;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 762706e219ad..b86c8c1a0761 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6876,6 +6876,8 @@ in
 
   flann = callPackage ../development/libraries/flann { };
 
+  flint = callPackage ../development/libraries/flint { };
+
   flite = callPackage ../development/libraries/flite { };
 
   fltk13 = callPackage ../development/libraries/fltk { };