diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0001.1-use-system-utf8proc.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0001.1-use-system-utf8proc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be4391399f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/0001.1-use-system-utf8proc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From 54a66b5728ec98f44a1768f064509be4fd3f2ef6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Tuegel <ttuegel@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 13:09:48 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH 1/3] use system utf8proc
+
+---
+ src/flisp/Makefile | 6 +++---
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/flisp/Makefile b/src/flisp/Makefile
+index bec8624..5437b5c 100644
+--- a/src/flisp/Makefile
++++ b/src/flisp/Makefile
+@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ DOBJS = $(SRCS:%.c=$(BUILDDIR)/%.dbg.obj)
+ LLTDIR := ../support
+ LLT_release := $(BUILDDIR)/$(LLTDIR)/libsupport.a
+ LLT_debug := $(BUILDDIR)/$(LLTDIR)/libsupport-debug.a
+-LIBFILES_release := $(LLT_release) $(LIBUV) $(LIBUTF8PROC)
+-LIBFILES_debug := $(LLT_debug) $(LIBUV) $(LIBUTF8PROC)
+-LIBS :=
++LIBFILES_release := $(LLT_release) $(LIBUV)
++LIBFILES_debug := $(LLT_debug) $(LIBUV)
++LIBS := $(LIBUTF8PROC)
+ ifneq ($(OS),WINNT)
+ LIBS += -lpthread
+ endif
+-- 
+2.5.2
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/git.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/git.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f4ce2f4b9e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/julia/git.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, fetchurl
+# build tools
+, gfortran, m4, makeWrapper, patchelf, perl, which, python2
+# libjulia dependencies
+, libunwind, llvm, readline, utf8proc, zlib
+# standard library dependencies
+, curl, fftwSinglePrec, fftw, gmp, libgit2, mpfr, openlibm, openspecfun, pcre2
+# linear algebra
+, openblas, arpack, suitesparse
+}:
+
+with stdenv.lib;
+
+# All dependencies must use the same OpenBLAS.
+let
+  arpack_ = arpack;
+  suitesparse_ = suitesparse;
+in
+let
+  arpack = arpack_.override { inherit openblas; };
+  suitesparse = suitesparse_.override { inherit openblas; };
+in
+
+let
+  dsfmtVersion = "2.2.3";
+  dsfmt = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/SFMT/dSFMT-src-${dsfmtVersion}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "03kaqbjbi6viz0n33dk5jlf6ayxqlsq4804n7kwkndiga9s4hd42";
+  };
+
+  libuvVersion = "07730c4bd595b4d45a498a8ee0bcd53878ff7c10";
+  libuv = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/libuv/tarball/${libuvVersion}";
+    sha256 = "19nk8vdvx2mxyrwpndb7888c3b237ja5xvxr3jk5ah77ix3srr3h";
+  };
+
+  rmathVersion = "0.1";
+  rmath-julia = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://api.github.com/repos/JuliaLang/Rmath-julia/tarball/v${rmathVersion}";
+    sha256 = "0ai5dhjc43zcvangz123ryxmlbm51s21rg13bllwyn98w67arhb4";
+  };
+  
+  virtualenvVersion = "1.11.6";
+  virtualenv = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-${virtualenvVersion}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1xq4prmg25n9cz5zcvbqx68lmc3kl39by582vd8pzs9f3qalqyiy";
+  };
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "julia";
+  version = "0.4.4-pre-2016-02-08";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/JuliaLang/${pname}";
+    rev = "cb93e6b70b4b1313b4de8c54e55e85c8eb43daa3";
+    sha256 = "11dmbjqiidlbh8sj5s09zsbfslm3zs0kw7iq40281hl5dfsr7zm6";
+  };
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    mkdir deps/srccache
+    cp "${dsfmt}" "./deps/srccache/dsfmt-${dsfmtVersion}.tar.gz"
+    cp "${rmath-julia}" "./deps/srccache/Rmath-julia-${rmathVersion}.tar.gz"
+    cp "${libuv}" "./deps/srccache/libuv-${libuvVersion}.tar.gz"
+    cp "${virtualenv}" "./deps/srccache/virtualenv-${virtualenvVersion}.tar.gz"
+  '';
+
+  patches = [
+    ./0001.1-use-system-utf8proc.patch
+    ./0002-use-system-suitesparse.patch
+  ];
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs . contrib
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    arpack fftw fftwSinglePrec gmp libgit2 libunwind llvm mpfr
+    pcre2 openblas openlibm openspecfun readline suitesparse utf8proc
+    zlib
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ curl gfortran m4 makeWrapper patchelf perl python2 which ];
+
+  makeFlags =
+    let
+      arch = head (splitString "-" stdenv.system);
+      march = { "x86_64" = "x86-64"; "i686" = "i686"; }."${arch}"
+              or (throw "unsupported architecture: ${arch}");
+      # Julia requires Pentium 4 (SSE2) or better
+      cpuTarget = { "x86_64" = "x86-64"; "i686" = "pentium4"; }."${arch}"
+                  or (throw "unsupported architecture: ${arch}");
+    in [
+      "ARCH=${arch}"
+      "MARCH=${march}"
+      "JULIA_CPU_TARGET=${cpuTarget}"
+      "PREFIX=$(out)"
+      "prefix=$(out)"
+      "SHELL=${stdenv.shell}"
+
+      "USE_SYSTEM_BLAS=1"
+      "USE_BLAS64=${if openblas.blas64 then "1" else "0"}"
+      "LIBBLAS=-lopenblas"
+      "LIBBLASNAME=libopenblas"
+
+      "USE_SYSTEM_LAPACK=1"
+      "LIBLAPACK=-lopenblas"
+      "LIBLAPACKNAME=libopenblas"
+
+      "USE_SYSTEM_SUITESPARSE=1"
+      "SUITESPARSE_LIB=-lsuitesparse"
+      "SUITESPARSE_INC=-I${suitesparse}/include"
+
+      "USE_SYSTEM_ARPACK=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_FFTW=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_GMP=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_LIBGIT2=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_LIBUNWIND=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_LLVM=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_MPFR=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_OPENLIBM=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_OPENSPECFUN=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_PATCHELF=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_PCRE=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_READLINE=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_UTF8PROC=1"
+      "USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB=1"
+    ];
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = [ "-fPIC" ];
+
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = makeSearchPath "lib" [
+    arpack fftw fftwSinglePrec gmp libgit2 mpfr openblas openlibm
+    openspecfun pcre2 suitesparse
+  ];
+
+  dontStrip = true;
+  dontPatchELF = true;
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkTarget = "testall";
+  # Julia's tests require read/write access to $HOME
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HOME="$NIX_BUILD_TOP"
+  '';
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    sed -e '/^install:/s@[^ ]*/doc/[^ ]*@@' -i Makefile
+    sed -e '/[$](DESTDIR)[$](docdir)/d' -i Makefile
+  '';
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    for prog in "$out/bin/julia" "$out/bin/julia-debug"; do
+        wrapProgram "$prog" \
+            --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
+            --prefix PATH : "${curl}/bin"
+    done
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "High-level performance-oriented dynamical language for technical computing";
+    homepage = "http://julialang.org/";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ raskin ttuegel ];
+    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ebef4484aca7..298bbfc18007 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4390,6 +4390,12 @@ let
     openblas = openblasCompat;
   };
 
+  julia-git = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/compilers/julia/git.nix {
+    gmp = gmp6;
+    llvm = llvm_37;
+    openblas = openblasCompat;
+  });
+
   kotlin = callPackage ../development/compilers/kotlin { };
 
   lazarus = callPackage ../development/compilers/fpc/lazarus.nix {