diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c279ab5a3e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openmpi/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "openmpi-1.3.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.3/downloads/openmpi-1.3.2.tar.gz ;
+    sha256 = "1n7c0y4nidm0ha23ic7f872qh3296rh2177r1wqqs83k2ma7xxxb";
+  };
+}
+