diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gmm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmm/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56b51d71ca62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gmm/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gmm-3.0";
+
+  src = args.fetchurl {
+    url = http://download.gna.org/getfem/stable/gmm-3.0.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1lc34w68s0rhii6caklvq2pyc3jaa4g6kza948ya8ha6rr8d1ypp";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; []);
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "generic C++ template library for sparse, dense and skyline matrices";
+      homepage = http://home.gna.org/getfem/gmm_intro.html;
+      license = "LGLP2.1"; # or later
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 305d6a621a71..a2d1ef17f68f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2499,6 +2499,10 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
   };
 
+  gmm = import ../development/libraries/gmm {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  }; 
+
   gmp = import ../development/libraries/gmp {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv m4;
   };