diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nlopt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nlopt/default.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nlopt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "nlopt-2.2.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0p7ri7dcp6vga7jwng7wj9bf2ixk6p5ldxp76r93xkrdixqfngaq";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-cxx --with-pic --without-guile --without-python --without-octave --without-matlab";
+}