diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d1c920b635d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ppl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, gmpxx, perl, gnum4 }:
+
+let version = "0.10.2"; in
+  stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "ppl-${version}";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "ftp://ftp.cs.unipr.it/pub/ppl/releases/${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+      sha256 = "0xz2f3lny4l9ji1ilg6pxv34sh4cbh535cnm68smynzp01wgnh7y";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ perl gnum4 ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ gmpxx ];
+
+    # Beware!  It took ~6 hours to compile PPL and run its tests on a 1.2 GHz
+    # x86_64 box.  Nevertheless, being a dependency of GCC, it probably ought
+    # to be tested.
+    doCheck = true;
+
+    meta = {
+      description = "PPL: The Parma Polyhedra Library";
+
+      longDescription = ''
+        The Parma Polyhedra Library (PPL) provides numerical abstractions
+        especially targeted at applications in the field of analysis and
+        verification of complex systems.  These abstractions include convex
+        polyhedra, defined as the intersection of a finite number of (open or
+        closed) halfspaces, each described by a linear inequality (strict or
+        non-strict) with rational coefficients; some special classes of
+        polyhedra shapes that offer interesting complexity/precision tradeoffs;
+        and grids which represent regularly spaced points that satisfy a set of
+        linear congruence relations.  The library also supports finite
+        powersets and products of (any kind of) polyhedra and grids and a mixed
+        integer linear programming problem solver using an exact-arithmetic
+        version of the simplex algorithm.
+      '';
+
+      homepage = http://www.cs.unipr.it/ppl/;
+
+      license = "GPLv3+";
+
+      maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
+    };
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 15953cb5bfd8..0f77b3066626 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1161,6 +1161,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  ppl = import ../development/libraries/ppl {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv gmpxx perl gnum4;
+  };
+
   /* WARNING: this version is unsuitable for using with a setuid wrapper */
   ppp = builderDefsPackage (import ../tools/networking/ppp) {
   };