diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/terra/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/terra/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3586e4c32e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/terra/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, lua, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, which, llvm, clang, ncurses }:
+
+let luajitArchive = "LuaJIT-2.0.4.tar.gz";
+    luajitSrc = fetchurl {
+      url = "http://luajit.org/download/${luajitArchive}";
+      sha256 = "0zc0y7p6nx1c0pp4nhgbdgjljpfxsb5kgwp4ysz22l1p2bms83v2";
+    };
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "terra-git-${version}";
+  version = "2016-01-06";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "zdevito";
+    repo = "terra";
+    rev = "914cb98b8adcd50b2ec8205ef5d6914d3547e281";
+    sha256 = "1q0dm9gkx2lh2d2sfgly6j5nw32qigmlj3phdvjp26bz99cvxq46";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace \
+      '-lcurses' '-lncurses'
+  '';
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    mkdir -p build
+    cp ${luajitSrc} build/${luajitArchive}
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    cp -r "release/"* $out
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ which lua llvm clang ncurses ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit (src.meta) homepage;
+    description = "A low-level counterpart to Lua";
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jb55 ];
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4c8cc009b0f1..1b4a0ee76051 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4966,6 +4966,12 @@ let
 
   tbb = callPackage ../development/libraries/tbb { };
 
+  terra = callPackage ../development/compilers/terra {
+    llvm = llvmPackages_35.llvm.override { enableSharedLibraries = false; };
+    clang = clang_35;
+    lua = lua5_1;
+  };
+
   teyjus = callPackage ../development/compilers/teyjus {
     omake = omake_rc1;
   };