diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/atlas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/atlas/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b6a93fe6538
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+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/atlas/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "atlas-3.8.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/math-atlas/atlas3.8.2.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1avbfppzgiws3nvqr7isr5a5pfbk3g4gfgd89xhyiywixjj3f7c6";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [gfortran];
+
+  meta = {
+    description     = "Atlas library";
+    license     = "GPL";
+    homepage    = http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fad9218bbc9a
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+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "liblapack-3.1.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lapack.tgz;
+    sha256 = "0am0yzgqhaz6yzliaxc2cgm2mbqjzwcq70b01migk5231frkbhz4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [gfortran];
+  patches = [ ./gfortran.patch ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    cp make.inc.example make.inc
+    make blaslib
+    # make lapacklib
+    cd SRC
+    make
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    description     = "lapack library";
+    license     = "Free, copyrighted";
+    homepage    = http://www.netlib.org/lapac;
+  };
+}