diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mpc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e5ae5b76323b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mpc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, gmp, mpfr }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mpc-0.8.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.multiprecision.org/mpc/download/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1r73zqw8lnf0bkfsxn0znbwbfyacg94pd0l4aaixh7r5awvn0r76";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ gmp mpfr ];
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "MPC, a library for multiprecision complex arithmetic with exact rounding";
+
+    longDescription =
+      '' MPC is a C library for the arithmetic of complex numbers with
+         arbitrarily high precision and correct rounding of the result.  It is
+         built upon and follows the same principles as GNU MPFR.
+      '';
+
+    homepage = http://mpc.multiprecision.org/;
+    license = "LGPLv2+";
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 264be85efa68..a2c2a1ac6640 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4701,6 +4701,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ilbc mediastreamer pkgconfig;
   };
 
+  mpc = import ../development/libraries/mpc {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv gmp mpfr;
+  };
+
   mpich2 = import ../development/libraries/mpich2 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv python perl;
   };