diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pangolin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangolin/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5b2f4c2b997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangolin/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, pkgconfig, doxygen, mesa_noglu, glew, xorg
+, ffmpeg, python3 , libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, eigen }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "pangolin-${version}";
+
+  version = "2017-08-02";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "stevenlovegrove";
+    repo = "Pangolin";
+    rev = "f05a8cdc4f0e32cc1664a430f1f85e60e233c407";
+    sha256 = "0pfbaarlsw7f7cmsppm7m13nz0k530wwwyczy2l9k448p3v7x9j0";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig doxygen ]; 
+
+  buildInputs = [ 
+    mesa_noglu 
+    glew 
+    xorg.libX11 
+    ffmpeg 
+    python3 
+    libjpeg 
+    libpng 
+    libtiff 
+    eigen 
+  ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  # The tests use cmake's findPackage to find the installed version of
+  # pangolin, which isn't what we want (or available).
+  doCheck = false;
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF" ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A lightweight portable rapid development library for managing OpenGL display / interaction and abstracting video input";
+    longDescription = ''
+      Pangolin is a lightweight portable rapid development library for managing
+      OpenGL display / interaction and abstracting video input. At its heart is
+      a simple OpenGl viewport manager which can help to modularise 3D
+      visualisation without adding to its complexity, and offers an advanced
+      but intuitive 3D navigation handler. Pangolin also provides a mechanism
+      for manipulating program variables through config files and ui
+      integration, and has a flexible real-time plotter for visualising
+      graphical data.
+    '';
+    homepage = https://github.com/stevenlovegrove/Pangolin;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.expipiplus1 ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6dd9427c2ce0..eb0ee3bc767a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8179,6 +8179,9 @@ with pkgs;
   cairomm = callPackage ../development/libraries/cairomm { };
 
   pango = callPackage ../development/libraries/pango { };
+
+  pangolin = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangolin { };
+
   pangomm = callPackage ../development/libraries/pangomm {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) ApplicationServices;
   };