diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/maxima/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/maxima/default.nix
index 4981767f21f2..55443f90c6f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/maxima/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/maxima/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, sbcl, texinfo, perl, python, makeWrapper, rlwrap ? null, tk ? null, gnuplot ? null }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, sbcl, texinfo, perl, python, makeWrapper, rlwrap ? null,
+tk ? null, gnuplot ? null, ecl ? null, ecl-fasl ? false
+}:
 
 let
   name    = "maxima";
@@ -6,9 +8,9 @@ let
 
   searchPath =
     stdenv.lib.makeBinPath
-      (stdenv.lib.filter (x: x != null) [ sbcl rlwrap tk gnuplot ]);
+      (stdenv.lib.filter (x: x != null) [ sbcl ecl rlwrap tk gnuplot ]);
 in
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation ({
   name = "${name}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -16,7 +18,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1p6646rvq43hk09msyp0dk50cqpkh07mf4x0bc2fqisqmcv6b1hf";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [sbcl texinfo perl python makeWrapper];
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.filter (x: x != null)
+    [sbcl ecl texinfo perl python makeWrapper];
 
   postInstall = ''
     # Make sure that maxima can find its runtime dependencies.
@@ -27,7 +30,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     mkdir -p $out/share/emacs $out/share/doc
     ln -s ../maxima/${version}/emacs $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
     ln -s ../maxima/${version}/doc $out/share/doc/maxima
-  '';
+  ''
+   + (stdenv.lib.optionalString ecl-fasl ''
+     cp src/binary-ecl/maxima.fas* "$out/lib/maxima/${version}/binary-ecl/"
+   '')
+  ;
 
   # Failures in the regression test suite won't abort the build process. We run
   # the suite only so that potential errors show up in the build log. See also:
@@ -51,4 +58,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.peti ];
   };
-}
+} // (stdenv.lib.optionalAttrs ecl-fasl {
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -e '/c::build-program "binary-ecl\/maxima"/i(c::build-fasl "binary-ecl\/maxima.fasl" :lisp-files obj :ld-flags (let ((x (symbol-value (find-symbol "*AUTOCONF-LD-FLAGS*" (find-package "MAXIMA"))))) (if (and x (not (string= x ""))) (list x))))' -i src/maxima.system
+  '';
+}))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ef9516b0809..6ce4deb9448c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16696,7 +16696,8 @@ in
 
   geogebra = callPackage ../applications/science/math/geogebra { };
 
-  maxima = callPackage ../applications/science/math/maxima { };
+  maxima = callPackage ../applications/science/math/maxima { ecl = null; };
+  maxima-ecl = callPackage ../applications/science/math/maxima { sbcl = null; };
 
   wxmaxima = callPackage ../applications/science/math/wxmaxima { wxGTK = wxGTK30; };