diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/merkaartor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/merkaartor/default.nix
index 932e5bb48300..221b459f84aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/merkaartor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/merkaartor/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, boost, proj, gdal}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, qt4, boost, proj, gdal_1_11_2}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "merkaartor-0.18.1";
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     qmake -makefile PREFIX=$out
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ qt4 boost proj gdal ];
+  buildInputs = [ qt4 boost proj gdal_1_11_2 ];
 
   meta = {
     description = "An openstreetmap editor";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/gdal-1_11_2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/gdal-1_11_2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe7d0869fbd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/gdal-1_11_2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, composableDerivation, unzip, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib
+, postgresql, mysql, libgeotiff, python, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl
+, libpng }:
+
+composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} (fixed: rec {
+  version = "1.11.2";
+  name = "gdal-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "66bc8192d24e314a66ed69285186d46e6999beb44fc97eeb9c76d82a117c0845";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip libjpeg libtiff libpng python pythonPackages.numpy proj openssl ];
+
+  patches = [
+    # This ensures that the python package is installed into gdal's prefix,
+    # rather than trying to install into python's prefix.
+    ./python.patch
+  ];
+
+  # Don't use optimization for gcc >= 4.3. That's said to be causing segfaults.
+  # Unset CC and CXX as they confuse libtool.
+  preConfigure = "export CFLAGS=-O0 CXXFLAGS=-O0; unset CC CXX";
+
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--with-jpeg=${libjpeg}"
+    "--with-libtiff=${libtiff}" # optional (without largetiff support)
+    "--with-libpng=${libpng}"   # optional
+    "--with-libz=${zlib}"       # optional
+
+    "--with-pg=${postgresql}/bin/pg_config"
+    "--with-mysql=${mysql.lib}/bin/mysql_config"
+    "--with-geotiff=${libgeotiff}"
+    "--with-python"               # optional
+    "--with-static-proj4=${proj}" # optional
+    "--with-geos=${geos}/bin/geos-config"# optional
+  ];
+
+  # Prevent this:
+  #
+  #   Checking .pth file support in /nix/store/xkrmb8xnvqxzjwsdmasqmsdh1a5y2y99-gdal-1.11.2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
+  #   /nix/store/pbi1lgank10fy0xpjckbdpgacqw34dsz-python-2.7.9/bin/python -E -c pass
+  #   TEST FAILED: /nix/store/xkrmb8xnvqxzjwsdmasqmsdh1a5y2y99-gdal-1.11.2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files
+  #   error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
+  preBuild = ''
+    pythonInstallDir=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages
+    mkdir -p $pythonInstallDir
+    export PYTHONPATH=''${PYTHONPATH:+''${PYTHONPATH}:}$pythonInstallDir
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Translator library for raster geospatial data formats";
+    homepage = http://www.gdal.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.marcweber ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/openscenegraph/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/openscenegraph/default.nix
index 9be9f8386326..5fb73eae276a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/openscenegraph/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/openscenegraph/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 x@{builderDefsPackage
   , cmake, giflib, libjpeg, libtiff, lib3ds, freetype, libpng
-  , coin3d, jasper, gdal, xproto, libX11, libXmu, freeglut, mesa
+  , coin3d, jasper, gdal_1_11_2, xproto, libX11, libXmu, freeglut, mesa
   , doxygen, ffmpeg, xineLib, unzip, zlib, openal, libxml2
   , curl, a52dec, faad2, gdk_pixbuf, pkgconfig, kbproto, SDL
   , qt4, poppler, librsvg, gtk
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 689f43c76643..f71d82241643 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6246,6 +6246,8 @@ let
 
   gdal = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal { };
 
+  gdal_1_11_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdal/gdal-1_11_2.nix { };
+
   gdcm = callPackage ../development/libraries/gdcm { };
 
   ggz_base_libs = callPackage ../development/libraries/ggz_base_libs {};