diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/bad_code.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/bad_code.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1c8f618fbb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/bad_code.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+diff --git a/appl_grid/appl_grid.h b/appl_grid/appl_grid.h
+index 5059622..a0651c9 100644
+--- a/appl_grid/appl_grid.h
++++ b/appl_grid/appl_grid.h
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public:
+   class exception : public std::exception { 
+   public:
+     exception(const std::string& s) { std::cerr << what() << " " << s << std::endl; }; 
+-    exception(std::ostream& s)      { std::cerr << what() << " " << s << std::endl; }; 
++    exception(std::ostream& s)      { s << what() << " " << std::endl; }; 
+     virtual const char* what() const throw() { return "appl::grid::exception"; }
+   };
+ 
+diff --git a/appl_grid/appl_pdf.h b/appl_grid/appl_pdf.h
+index c71fd84..2525527 100644
+--- a/appl_grid/appl_pdf.h
++++ b/appl_grid/appl_pdf.h
+@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
+   class exception : public std::exception { 
+   public: 
+     exception(const std::string& s="") { std::cerr << what() << " " << s << std::endl; }; 
+-    exception(std::ostream& s)         { std::cerr << what() << " " << s << std::endl; }; 
++    exception(std::ostream& s)         { s << " " << std::endl; }; 
+     const char* what() const throw() { return "appl::appl_pdf::exception "; }
+   };
+   
+diff --git a/src/appl_igrid.h b/src/appl_igrid.h
+index d25288e..be354df 100644
+--- a/src/appl_igrid.h
++++ b/src/appl_igrid.h
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ private:
+   class exception { 
+   public:
+     exception(const std::string& s) { std::cerr << s << std::endl; }; 
+-    exception(std::ostream& s)      { std::cerr << s << std::endl; }; 
++    exception(std::ostream& s)      { s << std::endl; }; 
+   };
+ 
+   typedef double (igrid::*transform_t)(double) const;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ad5dcb8b25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/applgrid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran, hoppet, lhapdf, root5 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "applgrid-${version}";
+  version = "1.4.70";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://www.hepforge.org/archive/applgrid/${name}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "1yw9wrk3vjv84kd3j4s1scfhinirknwk6xq0hvj7x2srx3h93q9p";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gfortran hoppet lhapdf root5 ];
+
+  patches = [
+    ./bad_code.patch
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/Makefile.in \
+      --replace "-L\$(subst /libgfortran.a, ,\$(FRTLIB) )" "-L${gfortran.cc.lib}/lib"
+  '' + (if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
+    substituteInPlace src/Makefile.in \
+      --replace "gfortran -print-file-name=libgfortran.a" "gfortran -print-file-name=libgfortran.dylib"
+  '' else "");
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = false; # broken
+
+  # Install private headers required by APFELgrid
+  postInstall = ''
+    for header in src/*.h; do
+      install -Dm644 "$header" "$out"/include/appl_grid/"`basename $header`"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "The APPLgrid project provides a fast and flexible way to reproduce the results of full NLO calculations with any input parton distribution set in only a few milliseconds rather than the weeks normally required to gain adequate statistics";
+    license     = licenses.gpl3;
+    homepage    = http://applgrid.hepforge.org;
+    platforms   = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ veprbl ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ebaf793295cd..2ceb8527874e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -21405,6 +21405,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ### SCIENCE / PHYSICS
 
+  applgrid = callPackage ../development/libraries/physics/applgrid { };
+
   hoppet = callPackage ../development/libraries/physics/hoppet { };
 
   fastjet = callPackage ../development/libraries/physics/fastjet { };