diff --git a/lib/licenses.nix b/lib/licenses.nix
index c4db280645a4..64d538df3c90 100644
--- a/lib/licenses.nix
+++ b/lib/licenses.nix
@@ -387,6 +387,14 @@ lib.mapAttrs (n: v: v // { shortName = n; }) rec {
     fullName = "ISC License";
   };
 
+  # Proprietary binaries; free to redistribute without modification.
+  issl = {
+    fullName = "Intel Simplified Software License";
+    url = https://software.intel.com/en-us/license/intel-simplified-software-license;
+    free = false;
+  };
+
+
   lgpl2 = spdx {
     spdxId = "LGPL-2.0";
     fullName = "GNU Library General Public License v2 only";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/mkl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/mkl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7412ecdba21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/mkl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{ stdenvNoCC, writeText, fetchurl, rpm, cpio, openmp }:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mkl-${version}";
+  version = "${date}.${rel}";
+  date = "2019.0";
+  rel = "117";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/irc_nas/tec/13575/l_mkl_${version}.tgz";
+    sha256 = "1bf7i54iqlf7x7fn8kqwmi06g30sxr6nq3ac0r871i6g0p3y47sf";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ rpm cpio ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ openmp ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    rpm2cpio rpm/intel-mkl-common-c-${date}-${rel}-${date}-${rel}.noarch.rpm | cpio -idmv
+    rpm2cpio rpm/intel-mkl-core-rt-${date}-${rel}-${date}-${rel}.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idmv
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/lib
+    cp -r opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_${version}/linux/mkl/include $out/
+    cp -r opt/intel/compilers_and_libraries_${version}/linux/mkl/lib/intel64_lin/* $out/lib/
+    cp license.txt $out/lib/
+  '';
+
+  # Per license agreement, do not modify the binary
+  dontStrip = true;
+  dontPatchELF = true;
+
+  # Some mkl calls require openmp, but Intel does not add these to SO_NEEDED and
+  # instructs users to put openmp on their LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
+  setupHook = writeText "setup-hook.sh" ''
+    addOpenmp() {
+        addToSearchPath LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${openmp}/lib
+    }
+    addEnvHooks "$targetOffset" addOpenmp
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenvNoCC.lib; {
+    description = "Intel Math Kernel Library";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Intel Math Kernel Library (Intel MKL) optimizes code with minimal effort
+      for future generations of Intel processors. It is compatible with your
+      choice of compilers, languages, operating systems, and linking and
+      threading models.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://software.intel.com/en-us/mkl;
+    license = licenses.issl;
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bhipple ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 18ad8892e55f..f9eb92364af2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -20858,6 +20858,10 @@ with pkgs;
 
   m4rie = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/m4rie { };
 
+  mkl = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/mkl {
+    inherit (llvmPackages) openmp;
+  };
+
   nasc = callPackage ../applications/science/math/nasc { };
 
   openblas = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/openblas { };